Safeguarding data flows - a joint statement from leading European associations on the EDPB “supplementary measures” recommendations
21 December 2020
Orgalim together with 17 other European associations has written a letter to the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) calling for a review of its approach following the recently released (draft) recommendations on measures that supplement transfer tools to ensure compliance with the EU level of protection of personal data.
We believe the current draft will make Europe’s ability to operate within the global economy unreasonably impractical.
While a challenging task, the EDPB’s current approach to data flows threatens Europe’s bid to become “fit for the digital age” to the detriment of strengthening Europe’s data economy, maintaining trust in digital services, ensuring high cybersecurity capacities and leading in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
We encourage:
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Following a risk-based approach that takes the full context of data transfers into account;
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The possibility to continue relying on contractual and organisational measures;
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Developing workable technical solutions (rather than overreliance on encryption).
The undersigned associations therefore call for the EDPB to rethink its approach in order to better align with the GDPR, recent CJEU jurisprudence and the Commission’s (draft) Standard Contractual Clauses in order to safeguard Europe’s data flows in a more pragmatic manner.
Read the full statement here.
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