Data, AI & Digital Sovereignty
Cross-border data flows are moving into geopolitical risk registers
IAPP’s Canada Symposium session on cross-border data flows frames data transfers as a strategic issue shaped by EU adequacy, US national-security orders, emerging localization mandates and Canadian privacy obligations.
BY GEOPOLITICS DESK · MAY 28, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
IAPP’s Canada Symposium session on cross-border data flows frames data transfers as a strategic issue shaped by EU adequacy, US national-security orders, emerging localization mandates and Canadian privacy obligations. For law firms and in-house teams, the work is no longer limited to standard contractual clauses; it includes vendor diligence, transfer-impact analysis, encryption, data architecture and board-level trade-off decisions.