Asmita Singhvi

Oct 11, 2023 | mondaq.com | Miriam Everett |Asmita Singhvi

On August 11, 2023, India's long-awaited general personal data protection legislation, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 ("DPDPA") was finally enacted. Governing the world's fifth largest economy and one of its fastest growing digital markets, the DPDPA will be of importance to a large number of international businesses that operate in India, rely on Indian service providers/group service companies for their operations, or are looking to enter Indian markets.

Aug 16, 2023 | lexology.com | Miriam Everett |Claire Wiseman |Duc Anh Tran |Angela Chow |Asmita Singhvi |Sara Lee | +1 more

As mentioned in a last-minute entry to our June Data Wrap, on 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF“), determining that data transfers pursuant to the DPF benefited from an adequate level of data protection. This means that personal data can now freely flow to organisations participating in the DPF without the need for transfer impact assessments or the EU standard contractual clauses (“SCCs), for example.

Aug 15, 2023 | mondaq.com | Miriam Everett |Claire Wiseman |Asmita Singhvi

On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework ("DPF") finding that data transfers from Europe to the US pursuant to the DPF would benefit from an adequate level of data protection.

Jun 7, 2023 | mondaq.com | Miriam Everett |Asmita Singhvi

On 22 May 2023, following the adoption of a binding decision by the European Data Protection Board (the "EDPB"), the Irish Data Protection Commissioner ("DPC") concluded its own-volition inquiry against Meta regarding the legality of international data transfers from Meta Ireland to the US. The DPC concluded that such transfers infringed the GDPR and directed Meta to suspend its transfers to the US within six months of the decision.

Mar 28, 2023 | lexology.com | Asmita Singhvi |Claire Wiseman |Hayley Brady |James Balfour |Rachel Kane

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