A Legal Guide to PRIVACY AND DATA SECURITY 2026

RAISED WITH THE SHORT LIVED PRIVACY SHIELD THAT WAS ALSO INVALIDATED IN 2020. BUSINESSES CAN NOW CONSIDER THE DATA PRIVACY FRAMEWORK DISCUSSED BELOW Despite the loss of some legal protections afforded by the Safe Harbor framework and Privacy Shield, businesses may still derive benefits and continued legal protections from actions they may have taken as necessary to comply with the Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield requirements. All of these activities demonstrate that a business takes privacy seriously and might be used as evidence to support a defense against any claims or government investigation as to lax privacy and data security practices. This will however not be the case where a business who certified compliance with the Safe Harbor framework or Privacy Shield did not actually implement the required actions. Model Contracts-Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)

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