‘European Commission publishes draft new SCCs’

“The European Commission recently published its new draft Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for international transfers of personal data to third parties located outside of the EEA. The new SCCs have been expected for some time in light of the coming into force of the GDPR. The existing set of SCCs were implemented under the former Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and still referenced that regime. The delay was due to the European Commission reconciling the new SCCs with the decision of the European Court of Justice in Schrems II …” (more)

[Davinia Brennan, Ireland IP and Technology Law Blog, 4 December]

First posted 2020-12-05 14:30:22

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