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EU Rules Restricting the International Transfers of Non-Personal Data

by Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses

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Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses (Photos courtesy of Covington & Burling LLP)

While the EU GDPR regulates the international transfer of personal data, several recently enacted EU laws regulate the international transfer of non-personal data, which is any data that is not “personal data” under the GDPR.  In other words, these new laws apply to data that does not relate to an identified or identifiable natural person, including anonymized data and data about industrial equipment, significantly expanding the types of data subject to international transfer restrictions.  Some of this legislation has been enacted recently, and other legislation on this topic is making its way through the legislative process but has yet to be adopted.  In this blog post, we outline the current and forthcoming EU legislation on the international transfer of non-personal data.

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EDPB Publishes Report of Cookie Banners Taskforce

by Kristof Van Quathem, Anna Oberschelp de Meneses, and Diane Valat

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From left to right: Kristof Van Quathem and Anna Oberschelp de Meneses (Photos courtesy of Covington & Burling LLP)

On January 18, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) published a report setting out the common positions of the EDPB and EEA member state supervisory authorities (“SAs”) with respect to interpreting the EU rules applying to cookies. SAs will take these common positions into account when handling cookie complaints.

The report was drafted by the EDPB’s Cookie Banner Taskforce (“Taskforce”), which is composed of the EDPB and 18 SAs. However, the report does not have the same interpretative value as EDPB guidance. Moreover, SAs will not take into account the positions mentioned in the report in isolation – they will also take into account additional national requirements stemming from the national laws transposing the ePrivacy Directive and SAs’ national guidance.

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