On Friday 5 September, the European Commission began the process of adopting an adequacy decision with Brazil in order to facilitate the transfer of data between the two parties.
The aim of the process is to determine whether the country's data protection framework provides sufficient guarantees with regard to European legislation to allow data to be transferred between the two entities.
According to the Commissioner for Technological Sovereignty, Henna Virkkunen, Brazil is a “natural and trusted partner” and the implementation of such an adequacy decision could provide better protection for consumers and businesses.
The Commission has sent its draft proposal to the European Data Protection Board, which must approve it. The Member States and the European Parliament also have a right of scrutiny and control over the procedure.
A similar process was launched with the United Kingdom last July (see EUROPE 13685/7).
At present, 15 third countries are considered suitable by the European Union. (Original version in French by Isalia Stieffatre)