Transatlantic data flows: some progress but…

Like all who transfer personal data to the United States, or who provide advice on such transfers, Bradley Joslove, a lawyer admitted to the Bars of Paris and Washington, D.C., welcomes the agreement between Joe Biden and Ursula von der Leyen for a European Commission adequacy decision aimed at regularising transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United States, probably by next summer.

According to Mr. Joslove, the Americans have made a real effort to ensure that the future Privacy Framework complies with the GDPR and is not invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the event of a more than likely appeal by Max Schrems. With his Franco-American perspective, which sheds a light on our cultural differences and differing attitudes to these issues, he shares his insight on this new framework, which he hopes will be approved by the European authorities. Time will tell.

“The Transatlantic Framework represents a real effort to make the US system equivalent with regard to the processing of Europeans’ personal data.”