The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a long awaited opinion yesterday (July 16, 2020) in Data Protection Commissioner v. Schrems1 finding the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield inadequate for lawfully transferring the...more
Beginning August 1, U.S.-based companies that self-certify their compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield will be able to import data under the new data transfer framework. But how can your company best...more
The push for the European Union and the United States to reopen negotiations over the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield may have just become a shove, due to a recent opinion released by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)...more
U.S. and EU officials have agreed on a Safe Harbor replacement just as a deadline from EU data protection authorities passed. However, the exact details of the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield have not been released and...more
As has been widely reported, the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor – probably the most commonly used method for transferring personal data to the United States – has been invalidated by an EU court. The court’s decision has wide-ranging...more
10/8/2015
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Edward Snowden ,
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Schrems I & Schrems II ,
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