Ireland Update – European Commission Adopts New Adequacy Decision For Safe And Trusted EU-US Data Flows

On 10 July 2023 the European Commission announced the adoption of an adequacy decision in respect of the United States of America (the "EU-US Data Privacy Framework"). The EU-US Data Privacy Framework will enter into force on 11 July 2023.

On the basis of the new adequacy decision, which concludes that the United States data privacy laws ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data, personal data can flow safely from the European Union to companies based in the United States that are participating in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, without having to put in place additional data protection safeguards (e.g. standard contractual clauses).

The European Commission has noted that the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: