The guidance outlines how organisations should approach international transfers and confirms examples of supplemental measures that can be adopted to ensure ongoing compliance and seeking to de-mystify earlier...more
6/30/2021
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Corporate Counsel ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
FISA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
New Guidance ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK ,
UK GDPR
Trans-Atlantic transfer scheme relied on by thousands of EU and U.S. organisations to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S. deemed invalid by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
Privacy Shield has...more
7/17/2020
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Executive Orders ,
FISA ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
With the August 1st start of the Privacy Shield, the European Commission’s new and long-awaited transatlantic data transfer agreement with the U.S., businesses that had previously relied on the invalidated Safe Harbor scheme...more
8/16/2016
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Department of State ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Europe’s top court ruled that U.S. companies relying upon the “Safe Harbor Framework” data sharing regime to maintain information regarding EU citizens is “invalid.” This means that any company relying upon the Safe Harbor...more
10/8/2015
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
Personal Data ,
PRISM Program ,
Privacy Policy ,
Right to Privacy ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In a further push towards “privacy by design,” the Article 29 Working Party, which is made up of representatives from the various EU data protection authorities, has recently approved the use of Binding Corporate Rules...more