U.S.-EU Data Transfer Framework Signals Strengthened Collaboration

*This article first appeared on Law360 on October 14, 2022

A series of coordinated announcements on Oct. 7 lifted the veil on a new trans-Atlantic data transfer mechanism.

This announcement has been hotly anticipated since a joint declaration from the U.S. and European Union governments on March 25, that there was an agreement in principle for a new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework.

The key document in the framework process is Executive Order No. 14086 on enhancing safeguards for U.S. signals intelligence activities, accompanied by a detailed fact sheet on the executive order.

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