Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
E14: The Three Pillars of GDPR
E13: GDPR Wedding Day & Beyond
E12: GDPR Article 22 and Automated Decision Making
E8: Interview with Cookiebot CEO on Technical Solutions to GDPR Readiness
How to avoid a €20m fine. Meritas guide to the steps companies should take to comply with GDPR
Data Privacy Trouble Surrounding Google Street View Cars Presents Lesson for Smaller Companies
On July 9, 2019, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)—the highest court of the European Union—will hear oral arguments in the Schrems 2.0 case relating to the validity of two key data transfer mechanisms: the Standard...more
Editor’s Note: Strictly speaking, this blog post isn’t really about human resources management or employment law. But it might be; the GDPR is vaguely written and it is not at all clear how it will be applied in relation to...more
The demise of the EU-US safe harbor arrangement has been bad news for many businesses in the US and the UK. A new "EU-U.S. Privacy Shield" deal in principle has just been announced as the replacement to the safe harbor but it...more
In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we discuss what companies need to know in the wake of the EU Court of Justice's rejection of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework and take a look at the following important...more
On 11 September, TeliaSonera and Telenor have abandoned the proposed merger of their business units in Denmark. The contemplated transaction would have resulted in the establishment of a joint venture active in the provision...more
In the weeks since the October 6, 2015, Court of Justice of the European Union decision (“CJEU Decision”) that invalidated the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor framework, companies have been faced with the quandary of establishing legal...more
Last week, the Vienna Higher Regional Court ruled that most of Max Schrems’ claims against Facebook can proceed, including his claim that Facebook improperly allowed his personal information to be shared with the National...more
The shockwaves continue from the October 6, 2015 ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the European Union’s highest court, invalidating the U.S.-EU “Safe Harbor” data transfer regime in a controversy...more
Whom to suspend during any Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation is always a delicate question to answer. Unfortunately there is never an easy answer. As the Volkswagen (VW) emission-testing scandal continues to...more
The European Court of Justice has declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed EU data flows across the Atlantic for the last 15 years. Thousands of U.S. companies have relied on the Safe Harbor...more
A lot has happened since the European Court of Justice’s declaration that the EU-US safe harbor framework is invalid. First, the Article 29 Working Party, an organization comprised of representatives from each data...more
The central European countries of Slovakia and Hungary are divided by a common 420-mile-long border. But that dividing line, and other European national borders, may now be a little more blurred due to a key ruling by the...more
The European Court of Justice’s (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more
The European Court of Justice's (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more
Today, I wrap up my series on why I think compliance is at the Tipping Point. However as it is a Friday in October, I continue my tribute to the Man in the Shadows, producer Val Lewton, whose films for RKO had some of the...more
For those of us who work in the privacy and security space this past week has been a whirlwind with focus on the ramifications of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement....more
After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) on the Safe Harbor, transfer of personal data to the U.S. based on Standard...more
I continue my exploration of why I believe that compliance is at the Tipping Point, with today’s entry of data point four, which is last week’s decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Schrems case. While most...more
Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more
Earlier this month the Court of Justice of the European Union struck down the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework which previously provided U.S. companies comfort in that they could follow the framework and know they were not...more
As we discussed in our blog post last week, on October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment that invalidated the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework. For the past 15 years, thousands of companies...more
Europe is on the cutting-edge of privacy protections, and has been for quite some time. The European Directive on privacy, the Data Protection Directive, was adopted in 1995 and regulates the sharing and processing of...more
Following the ECJ’s decision in the “Schrems” case which has invalidated the Safe Harbor framework multinational corporations may now face profound privacy law related compliance issues in a multitude of jurisdictions. In the...more
The European Court of Justice, (the EU’s highest court), ruled on Tuesday, October 6th that the safe harbor pact between the EU and the U.S. should be declared invalid because it fails to provide adequate protection for EU...more
It’s the second Friday in October and I am continuing my HorrorFest month. I usually call it Monster Movie Fest but this year I am celebrating the films of Val Lewton who really worked more broadly in the horror genre, rather...more