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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission and Meta: What You Need to Know

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has fined Meta Ireland 1.2 billion EUR. While you have probably heard about that, there is much, much more to this case and the larger Schrems II cross border saga. Here is what you...more

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, Meta and Art 49 Derogations: An Overview

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has fined Meta €1.2 billion. What, however, did the commission say in the case about using Art 49 derogations for transfers to the U.S.? An overview: I will discuss the Meta decision...more

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Irish Data Case Against Facebook Could Complicate All Data Transfers to the US

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Will the EU finally deny the right to transfer any personal data from its shores to the United States? Its privacy decisions have been inching closer to this determination for years, and an Irish case against Facebook may tip...more

Akerman LLP

Schrems II and EU-U.S. Personal Information Transfers: Where Are We, and What’s Next?

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently issued a decision with global implications for data transfers from the EU in a case referred to the CJEU from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, colloquially...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

How to Comply with International Transfers – The Regulatory Guidance Overview on the “Schrems II” Decision

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EDPB and data protection authorities’ views and statements on the “Schrems II”- decision by the CJEU - On 16 July, 2020, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU“) passed a decision invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield and...more

Morgan Lewis

No Grace Period After Invalidation of EU-US Privacy Shield in Schrems II

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As discussed in an earlier alert, the Court of Justice of the European Union in a landmark decision in the Schrems II case invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, which was widely used by thousands of US organizations...more

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SCCs: EU authorities' stance on EU data exports in wake of Schrems II

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The table below sets out the guidance provided by data protection authorities (DPA) in response to the European Court of Justice’s landmark judgment in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and...more

Littler

EU’s Highest Court Upends Personal Data Transfers to the United States: Action Steps for U.S. Multinational Employers to Keep HR...

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), on July 16, 2020, invalidated the European Union-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”), which more than 5,300 U.S. organizations had relied on to lawfully...more

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CJEU Invalidates Privacy Shield; OKs Standard Contractual Clauses Subject to Greater Scrutiny

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On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the supreme court of the European Union on matters involving European Union law, issued its long anticipated decision in the “Schrems II” case ( case...more

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Court of Justice of the European Union strikes down Privacy Shield, but upholds Standard Contractual Clauses

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On July 16, 2020, Europe’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, struck down the Privacy Shield, an agreement that permitted companies operating in the European Union (EU) to transfer data to the United...more

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Privacy Shield Invalidated by the European Court of Justice

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On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (Court) ruled in the “Schrems II” case that the one of the most commonly used cross border data transfer mechanisms between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US),...more

Stinson LLP

EU Suspends the Privacy Shield – Where do we go from here?

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In a decision issued on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, one of the primary tools used by companies in the European Union (EU) to transfer...more

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El TJUE invalida el Privacy Shield y confirma la validez de las CCT (R-E) PERO con condiciones

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El TJUE se pronuncia sobre la validez del Privacy Shield y las Cláusulas Contractuales Tipo (Responsable-Encargado). En su sentencia, el TJUE ha: (i) invalidado el Privacy Shield como mecanismo para transferir de forma segura...more

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The End of the US-EU Privacy Shield, but Standard Contractual Clauses Remain Valid

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has finally issued its decision on the validity of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) in the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s referral to the ECJ for an opinion on the...more

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Schrems II: Privacy Shield invalidated and Standard Contractual Clauses under scrutiny

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The Court of Justice of the European Union today invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield and called into question the extent to which EU data exporters could rely on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for...more

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U.S.-EU Privacy Shield Invalidated by CJEU

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Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) issued a judgment with two important outcomes: (1) invalidation of the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield as a basis for transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S.; and (2)...more

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Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

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EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more

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Brexit Negotiations: As the First Phase Draws to a Close, the Next Phase Awaits

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The UK and the EU have published a joint report at the conclusion of the first phase of the UK’s Article 50 withdrawal negotiations. Agreement has been reached in principle on three key issues: the rights of EU citizens in...more

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Schrems Redux: What's the Future for Transatlantic Data Transfers?

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What Now? With its decision on Tuesday 3 October 2017 referring a preliminary question on the validity of the European Union’s “standard contractual clauses” (“SCC”) regime to the Court of Justice of the European Union...more

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Schrems Strikes Again? The Future of EU Standard Contractual Clauses

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On October 3, 2017, the Irish High Court announced that it will make a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for a preliminary ruling on the validity of the Standard Contractual Clauses, which allow...more

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European Court of Justice to Rule on Validity of Standard Contractual Clauses

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On October 3, 2017, the High Court of Ireland issued its decision in Data Protection Commissioner vs Facebook and Schrems1 concerning the validity of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs)—a mechanism used by a very large...more

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Will the EU box itself in? Fate of Standard Contractual Clauses (aka the Model Clauses) for personal data transfers is now in the...

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Executive summary: The EU’s standard contractual clauses may be on the fast track to invalidation, putting a vast number of personal data transfers from the EEA at risk. A case brought by Maximilian Schrems (whose first...more

Alston & Bird

Irish High Court Refers Facebook’s Data Case to the European Court of Justice

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In what it considered “an unusual case”, the Irish High Court has referred the issue of the way data is transferred between the EU and countries outside the EU to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”). Ms....more

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Schrems II Judgment Rendered

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A 152 page judgment was rendered on October 3, 2017 by the Irish High Court in Schrems II: DPC v Facebook Final. Nor surprisingly, the court decided to refer the case to the Court of Justice of the European Union to make...more

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International Product Liability Review - Issue 65

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The International Product Liability Review provides quality updates and comment from around the world on legal developments in the field of product liability and product safety. ...more

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