The European Commission just adopted its adequacy decision on data transfers between the European Union and the United States, paving the path for companies to transfer data freely.
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the DPF). With immediate effect, the adequacy decision.
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision concluding that the EU-US Data Privacy Framework provides an adequate level of protection for personal data.
The Framework replaces the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Shield that was previously invalidated by CJEU in its Schrems II judgment on July 16, 2020. Framework serves as an additional data transfer tool under the EU General Data Protection Regulation GDPR