EU Commission proposal on new standard data protection clauses - Post Schrems II

On 12 November 2020, the European Commission published a proposal for new standard data protection clauses (also referred to as standard contractual clauses; hereinafter referred to as “draft SCC”). The European Commission published those draft SCC just shortly after the publication of the recommendations of the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) for third country data transfers (you can find our initial assessment here) as well as the EDPB publication “European Essential Guarantees”.