On June 4, 2021, the European Commission issued two new sets of Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”): (i) one for the processing of personal information between data controllers and data processors who are subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), and (ii) one for the transfer of personal information ...

What is SCCs EU?

Highlights. The European Commission published two sets of new standard contractual clauses (SCCs) governing cross-border data transfers and data exchanges between controllers and processors (i.e., service providers), marking the first updates to SCCs in more than a decade.

What is the purpose of SCCs?

The purpose of the new EU SCCs is to help businesses legitimise the transfer of personal data originating in the European Economic Area (EEA) to any country outside the EEA whose data protection laws have not been found by the European Commission to offer adequate protection, commonly referred to as a "third country".