International Trade

Womble Carlyle routinely advises clients on issues of international Data Privacy compliance. Many nations, including the member states of the European Union, now prohibit international transfers of personal data to and from jurisdictions such as the United States that are not deemed to provide adequate Data Privacy for individuals. Every American company with foreign business operations in nations with high-level protection of Data Privacy must comply with these restrictions to assure the unimpeded flow of vital business data and minimize transactional costs and litigation exposure. Our lawyers are experienced in harmonizing the cross-border personal data transfer requirements of multiple jurisdictions to provide solutions permitting the free flow of this data to the maximum extent permitted under the laws of the applicable jurisdictions.