Data protection adequacy for non-EU countries - European Commission
...On 4 March 2024, the Commission hosted the first ever high-level meeting on safe data flows, gathering responsible Ministers and heads of the data protection authorities of 15 countries and territories for which the EU has adopted an adequacy decision as well as the Chair of the European Data Protection Board. Participants discussed ways to leverage this network of like-minded partners to ......
https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/adequacy-decisions_en
EU-US data transfers - European Commission
...The adequacy decision followed the adoption of Executive Order on ?Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities? by US President Biden on 7 October and a Regulation issued by the US Attorney General....
https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/international-dimension-data-protection/eu-us-data-transfers_en
Opinion 06/2025 regarding the extension of the European Commission ...
...Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1773 of 28 June 2021 pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate protection of personal data by the United Kingdom....
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2025-05/edpb-opinion-202506-uk-adequacyextension-gdpr-led_en.pdf
Information note on data transfers under the GDPR to the ... - Europa
...Information note on data transfers under the GDPR to the United States after the adoption of the adequacy decision on 10 July 2023 On 10 July 2023, the European Commission (?the Commission?) adopted its Implementing Decision of 10.7.2023 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequate level of protection of personal data under the EU-US ......
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/edpb_informationnoteadequacydecisionus_en.pdf
Adequacy decision | European Data Protection Board
...European Patent Organisation and extension of adequacy decisions for the UK: EDPB adopts opinions EDPB Letter to the European Commission on its review of its eleven adequacy decisions adopted under Directive 95/46/EC 6 December 2024 Letters International Transfers of Data Adequacy decision...
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/topic/adequacy-decision_en
Opinion 07/2025 regarding the European Commission Draft Implementing ...
...On 5 March 2025, the European Commission asked for the opinion of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). The EDPB?s assessment of the adequacy of the level of protection afforded by the EPO has been made on the basis of the examination of the Draft Decision itself as well as on the basis of an analysis of the documentation made available by the European Commission....
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2025-05/edpb-opinion-202507-epo-adequacydecision_en.pdf
Adequacy decisions | European Data Protection Board
...Documents addressed to the European Commission or National Authorities Other documents addressed to EU legislator or Member States The Coordinated Supervision Committee (CSC) ensures the coordinated supervision of large scale IT systems and of EU bodies, offices and agencies...
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/adequacy-decisions_en
Statement 1/2023 on the first review of the functioning of the adequacy ...
...The European Data Protection Board has adopted the following statement: On 3 April 2023, the European Commission issued the report on the first review of the functioning of the adequacy decision for Japan adopted on 23 January 2019, along with a Commission Staff Working Document (SWD(2023) 75)1....
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/edpb_statement_202301_statement_on_japan_adequacy_review_en.pdf
European Patent Organisation and extension of adequacy decisions for ...
...An adequacy decision is a key-mechanism in EU data protection legislation which allows the European Commission to determine whether a third country or an international organisation offers an adequate level of data protection....
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2025/european-patent-organisation-and-extension-adequacy-decisions-uk-edpb-adopts_en
What rules apply if my organisation transfers ... - European Commission
...sometimes, a third country may be declared as offering an adequate level of protection through a European Commission decision (?Adequacy Decision?), meaning that data can be transferred with another company in that third country without the data exporter being required to provide further safeguards or being subject to additional conditions....
https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/rules-business-and-organisations/obligations/what-rules-apply-if-my-organisation-transfers-data-outside-eu_en