US and EU Adopt Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

    On July 10, 2023, the United States Department of Justice announced the European Commission’s adoption on the same day of an adequacy decision for the U.S. as part of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), to which President Biden and European Commission President von der Leyen agreed in March 2022.  The adequacy decision enables the European Union to transfer personal data from EU countries to the U.S. for commercial purposes.[1]