EU will start adequacy talks with Japan and Korea
In its communication published yesterday, January 10, 2017, the European Commission announced it will proactively engage in discussions on reaching “adequacy decisions” with key trading partners in East and South-East Asia, starting with Japan and Korea in 2017. Adequacy decisions allow the free flow of personal data from European Union (EU) to countries with adequate or “essentially equivalent” data protection rules to those in the EU.
Besides East and South-East Asia also will open discussion with interested countries of Latin America and the Europe.?Also,?Commission states that it can now adopt adequacy decisions for the law enforcement sector, particular territory of a third country or a specific sector or industry within a third country.
Read EU Commision’s communication
