Updated EU Standard Contractual Clauses Are Finally Here

On June 4, 2021, the European Union's (EU) executive branch, the European Commission (EC), released their new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for compliant cross-border data transfers under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ending a long wait for revised SCCs. The new SCCs resolve certain practical issues companies faced when using the older versions but simultaneously introduce new obligations for businesses that transfer personal data out of the EU. The EC also released a set of SCCs to address GDPR Article 28 requirements for controller-to-processor personal data transfers within the European Economic Area (EEA). This blog post focuses on the SCCs developed for cross-border personal data transfers.