_EU-Japan FTA
20/07/2018
Europe and Japan to speak the same privacy language
On 17 July 2018, the EU and Japan announced the conclusion of discussions on reciprocal adequacy of their legal systems, agreeing to create the world’s largest area of safe data flows. You can read the official press release here. The successful conclusion of the EU-Japan data protection-related talks is very good news for everyone. It […]
14/12/2016
International trade agreements: Let’s talk about the exchange of personal data
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement/Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which was originally set to be approved by the end of this year after talks officially began in 2013, has recently been met with criticism from members of the European Commission’s DG Justice and Consumers and Members of the European Parliament following a request from Japanese negotiators […]