“If an awkward secret is something that is known but not discussed because it is too difficult or embarrassing, then the interplay of territorial scope and data transfer rules in data protection law certainly fits this description. For over 20 years since the enactment of the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46 and subsequent adoption of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR), confusion has reigned about the relationship between rules delimiting the territorial scope of the law and its application to data processing by parties established outside the EU …” (more)
[Christopher Kuner, European Law Blog, 13 December]
First posted 2021-12-13 16:30:35
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