--- title: Cross-Border E-Discovery Meets Data Privacy Protection in the European Union date: 2018-06-26T00:00:00-04:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/articles/cross-border-e-discovery-meets-data-privacy-protection-in-the-european-union" section: Articles --- # Cross-Border E-Discovery Meets Data Privacy Protection in the European Union June 26, 2018 Pretrial Practice & Discovery Newsletter Partner [Mark Austrian](/Our-People/Mark-L-Austrian) co-authored the *Pretrial Practice & Discovery* newsletter article ​“Cross-Border E-Discovery Meets Data Privacy Protection in the European Union” for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation’s Pretrial Practice & Discovery committee newsletter. The article addresses the conflict between EU’s severe privacy controls limiting the cross-border transfer of EU personal data with a U.S. companies’ duty to disclose electronically stored information (ESI) to opposing counsel during U.S. civil discovery, or in connection with a U.S. government investigation. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enacted in May 2018 further governs the cross-border transfer of EU personal data. Mark details strategies that companies should now review and consider before transferring data across the EU’s borders to opposing counsel. - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/cross-border-e-discovery-meets-data-privacy-protection-in-the-european-union-20230614121344.pdf) ### Attachments - [Austrian Loeffler](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/attachments/Austrian-Loeffler.pdf) ### Related Services - [General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)](https://www.kelleydrye.com/trending/general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr) - [Litigation](https://www.kelleydrye.com/practices/litigation) Blog [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Blog_Post_Listing.svg) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/adlaw_billboard_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e1a7aebcee8115938489d6575321e698) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/nad-continues-to-examine-influencer-campaigns) Ad Law Access July 27, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/nad-continues-to-examine-influencer-campaigns) Blog [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Blog_Post_Listing.svg) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/adlaw_billboard_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e1a7aebcee8115938489d6575321e698) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/hawaii-enacts-a-synthetic-performer-law) Ad Law Access July 26, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/hawaii-enacts-a-synthetic-performer-law)