Cross-Border Data Forum – The Cross-Border Data Forum (CBDF) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit group that addresses international data transfer policy issues.

Posted on March 11, 2025

Richard Salgado

LAWFARE – First Insights Into the U.S.-U.K. CLOUD Act Agreement

A Justice Department report reflects early success and shortcomings of the UK and US CLOUD Act agreement, especially around protecting cybersecurity. In a recent Lawfare article, Richard Salgado extracts insights from this first-of-its kind report, and identifies the changes that Congress and the Justice Department need to make in order for the CLOUD Act to achieve its purpose.

Posted on February 24, 2025

Peter Swire

WHEN SHOULD PERSONAL DATA BE CONSIDERED A DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY?

This webinar discusses the most recent legal and policy changes on cross border data flows in the U.S. and China.

Posted on February 20, 2025

Alice Portnoy

Webinar: NEW IDEAS ABOUT (EXTRA)TERRITORIALITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCESS TO DATA

This webinar discusses the access to personal data by law enforcement authorities around the world and the extraterritoriality of laws that regulate such access.

Posted on February 12, 2025

Kenneth Propp

LAWFARE – The Changing Landscape of European Privacy Enforcement

An EU law enabling class-action-type lawsuits and a ruling making damages easier to obtain may increase litigation of U.S. data transfers.

Posted on January 23, 2025

Peter Swire, DeBrae Kennedy-Mayo

The Risks to Cybersecurity from Data Localization — Organizational Effects

In a new paper published in the Arizona Law Journal of Emerging Technologies, CBDF Research Director Peter Swire and CBDF Senior Fellow DeBrae Kennedy-Mayo provide the first systematic analysis of the types of risks that data localization creates for cybersecurity management.

Posted on January 6, 2025

Theodore Christakis

Data free flow with trust: current landscape, challenges and opportunities

In a new article for Chatham House's Journal of Cyber Policy, CBDF European Research Director Théodore Christakis discusses efforts to achieve "data free flow with trust" when examining government access to data held by private firms and concurrent challenges for cross-border data flows.