On December 20, 2018, the Department of Commerce updated its frequently asked questions (“FAQs”) on the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks (collectively, the “Privacy Shield”) to clarify the effect of the UK’s planned withdrawal from the EU on March 29, 2019. The FAQs provide information on the steps Privacy Shield participants must take to receive personal data from the UK in reliance on the Privacy Shield after Brexit.

The deadline for implementing the steps identified in the FAQs depends on whether the UK and EU are able to finalize an agreement for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. To the extent the UK and EU reach an agreement regarding withdrawal, thereby implementing a Transition Period in which EU data protection law will continue to apply to the UK, Privacy Shield participants will have until December 31, 2020, to implement the relevant changes to their public-facing Privacy Shield commitments described in the FAQs and below. To the extent no such agreement is reached, participants must implement the changes by March 29, 2019.

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