At the start of February, the European Commission announced it had finally struck a deal with the US Department of Commerce on Safe Harbor's replacement. Below, we address some of the key questions organisations are asking...more
3/3/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Following a September 23, 2015 opinion by Advocate General (AG) Bot that the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, which provided for the "safe" transfer of personal data from the EU to the US, did not provide sufficient guarantees...more
10/26/2015
/ Advocate General ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Judicial Redress Act ,
Model Contracts ,
Pending Legislation ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared invalid a "Safe Harbor" framework whereby personal data could be easily transferred between many European countries and the US. The...more
10/22/2015
/ Colleges ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Educational Institutions ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Safe Harbors ,
Student Privacy ,
Universities ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU) declared the Safe Harbor framework invalid. You can read more about the decision in our previous alerts here. Although it is unlikely that...more
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU) declared the Safe Harbor framework invalid. You can read more about the decision in our previous alerts here. Although it is unlikely that...more
10/15/2015
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Member State ,
Model Contracts ,
Social Media ,
Social Networks ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEEA) declared the Safe Harbor framework invalid. Many life sciences and biotech companies relied on Safe Harbor to legitimise transfers of...more
10/13/2015
/ Best Practices ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
Safe Harbors ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On 23 September 2015, Advocate General (AG) Bot found that the Safe Harbor framework, which allowed for the "safe" transfer of personal data from the EU to the US, did not provide sufficient guarantees for the protection of...more