This series provides guidance notes on what the 'Schrems II' decision means for companies that rely on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.

In response to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s historic ruling July 16, 2020, on the so-called “Schrems II” court case, members from Baker McKenzie shared a series of guidance notes on what the decision means for companies that rely on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, controller-to-processor standard contractual clauses, SCCs for transfers to controllers, derogations/exceptions to transfer restrictions, and binding corporate rules, as well as for Brexit and what companies can expect with the road ahead on these issues.

Series Overview

• What Privacy Shield organizations should do
• Controller-to-processor SCCs
• Data transfers and Brexit
• Impact on controller-to-controller SCCs
• BCRs as a robust alternative
• Impacts on companies that rely on derogations
• Technology, media and telecommunications services
• Predictions for the road ahead after ‘Schrems II’