EU Privacy Watchdogs: Proposed EC SCC Update Better, Needs Tweaking
Draft standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for data transfers to third countries offer stronger protections for data subjects but still need tweaking, EU data privacy watchdogs said. The European Data Protection Board and European Data Protection Supervisor welcomed proposed European Commission…
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proposals aimed at addressing some key issues in the European Court of Justice Schrems II judgment, which annulled Privacy Shield (see 2009100001). Some text "could be improved or clarified," including the scope of the SCCs, obligations for onward transfers and aspects of the assessment of third-country laws on access to private data by public authorities. Changes should ensure EU citizens' personal data receives an "essentially equivalent" level of protection when it's transferred to third countries, said EDPS Wojciech Wiewiorowski.