Infographic: From Privacy Shield to the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

This infographic outlines the EU adequacy process based on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework.


Published: April 2022


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In 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield as a means to transfer EU personal data across the Atlantic. On March 25, 2022, the EU and U.S. announced an agreement “in principle” on a new framework. But before companies can rely on it, the proposal must go through the EU adequacy process. This infographic outlines what that looks like.