EDPB releases opinion on EU-Russia data transfers

The European Data Protection Board published an opinion on data transfers between EU member states and Russia. The board stated Russia is "no longer a contracting party" to EU legal frameworks and protocols following sanctions related to its war in Ukraine. The lack of EU recognition or an adequacy decision means transfers involving Russian companies can only occur "using one of the other transfer instruments provided for in Chapter V (of the EU General Data Protection Regulation)."