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American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 14th Advanced Forum on Global Encryption, Cloud & Export Controls - May 15th - 16th, San Francisco, CA

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 14th Advanced Forum on Global Encryption, Cloud & Cyber Export Controls returns for another exciting year with curated programming that brings together a global gathering of...more

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The EU Data Act: A new European legal framework with rules for data access, switching cloud providers and interoperability

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On 22 December 2023, the EU published Regulation (EU) 2023/2854, the Data Act, in the Official Journal of the EU. The Data Act is a new regulation providing harmonised rules on access to data, switching cloud providers and...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

US and EU Announce Preliminary Agreement on Data Transfers

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Nearly two years after the European Union’s top court overturned a transatlantic agreement regulating data flows between the U.S. and the EU after finding American “safeguards on Europeans’ data to be insufficient,” President...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2021

In this month’s edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine FINRA’s report on cloud computing, Connecticut’s new safe harbor for companies following certain cybersecurity protocols and a district court dismissal...more

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The Impact of Schrems II & Key Considerations for Companies Using M365: The Cloud Environment

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In part one of this series, we described the state of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the mechanisms global companies have relied upon to transfer data from their multiple locations. In short, a recent decision – Schrems II –...more

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The Impact of Schrems II & Key Considerations for Companies Using M365: The Background

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In 2016, European companies doing business in the US were able to breathe a sigh of relief. The European Commission deemed the Privacy Shield to be an adequate privacy protection. For the next half a decade, this shield, as...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance For Canadian Operations - January 26th - 27th, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EST

For a whole decade, ACI’s U.S. Export & Reexport Compliance for Canadian Operations conference continues to stand apart as the only practical, comprehensive event of its kind for the export compliance community in Canada. ...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

No Silver Linings: EDPB Issues a Grim Forecast on U.S.-Based Cloud and Data Access with New Guidance

On November 10, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued highly anticipated guidance intended to clarify how data exporters could legally transfer data to “third countries” under GDPR following the Schrems II...more

Hogan Lovells

New PDPC guidelines on cloud services, data intermediaries, and access requests

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As the issues surrounding data protection become increasingly complex, in recent years the advisory guidelines (Guidelines) issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore (PDPC) have been invaluable in guiding...more

Polsinelli

Privacy and Data Security: 2017 Year in Preview

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Few issues keep executives awake at night more than Privacy and Data Security. New regulations and threats alike are plentiful, varied, and evolving. The rate of change for cybersecurity and information governance continues...more

Alston & Bird

Privacy & Data Security Advisory: It’s Not Just Europe: Why 2016 Cloud Vendor Management Programs Should Address Evolving Global...

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2015 has seen landmark changes in privacy and cybersecurity laws and regulatory best practices. These developments have had a direct impact on cloud vendors. For example, evolving judicial and regulatory interpretations of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

German DPAs Add Further Pressure to EU-US Data Transfers

Yesterday, German federal and state (Länder) data protection authorities ("DPAs") issued a Position Paper following the recent Court of Justice of the European Union ("CJEU") ruling that struck down the EU-US Safe Harbor...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Privacy, Security, Risk: What You Missed At IAPP Conference

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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

US–EU Safe Harbor – Struck Down!

1. CJEU finds Safe Harbor Invalid - In a landmark ruling delivered today, Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared that the EU Commission's US - EU Safe Harbour regime is...more

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EU Top Court Invalidates Safe Harbor; Data Transfer Concerns Arise for EU/US Employers; Learn More About this at Today’s Privacy...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has now declared Safe Harbor invalid – in total. The ECJ has sent the case back to the Irish Data Protection Authority to determine whether Facebook Ireland’s transfer of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

EU–US Safe Harbor About to be Struck Down?

Thousands of U.S. and European companies who rely on the EU–US Safe Harbor Framework to permit the transfer of personal data from the EU to the U.S., have come a step closer to seeing the transfer mechanism struck down....more

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Advocate General Of ECJ Rules EU Data Protection Authorities Can Investigate Complaints About Safe Harbor Programme

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Data transfers can be suspended until investigation is complete. In Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (case C-362/14), the Advocate General ruled that EU data protection authorities do have powers to...more

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