[Podcast] NSA Cybersecurity Services for Defense Contractors
No Password Required: The Former NSA Director and Storyteller Whose Life Resembles a Grisham Novel
No Password Required: A Believer That the Key to Internet Safety Is Simple...
Compliance into the Weeds-Episode 41, Reality Winner and Internal Controls
Do Legal Challenges to NSA's PRISM Program Stand a Chance? Yes.
Is Edward Snowden a Whistleblower?
Where Does the Cybersecurity Executive Order Hit and Miss the Mark?
Stewart Baker, Former GC of NSA, on Why the Cybersecurity Act Failed & Threat of Tomorrow’s Terrorism
Key Point: The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which allows certain businesses to transfer data from the EU to the U.S. without the need for additional transfer...more
On 1 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on research & development agreements (R&D BER) and specialisation agreements (Specialisation BER) (jointly referred to as...more
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued a long-awaited opinion on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Here are some key takeaways: The scope of the exemptions to the adherence to the principles, including on the...more
CEP Magazine (October 2020) - On July 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the European Commission’s July 2016 decision on the adequacy of the privacy protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield as...more
To predict the Privacy Shield’s future, it’s helpful to recall its origins and to understand the high bar it must meet – namely, ensuring “an adequate level of protection” under the Data Protection Directive. ...more
On Tuesday, February 2, 2016, the United States and the European Union announced a new transatlantic “safe harbor” data transfer deal that would allow companies with significant online operations to continue to transfer data...more
EU Commissioner Vera Jourova recently announced in a speech to the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) that the Commission and the US have made substantial progress in finalizing a...more
With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now? - What happens now?: That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the...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
The EU Parliament committee that is charged with considering data protection matters (LIBE) has issued a press release calling on the European Commission to take action before the end of 2015 to come up with alternatives to...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
Earlier last week, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the Safe Harbor framework between the United States and the European Union -- effective immediately. This decision significantly disrupts the flow of data...more
The CJEU’s Decision on Safe Harbor and its Effects on US Technology Companies - On October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the European Union’s highest court, issued a groundbreaking...more
This week, largely driven by concerns over indiscriminate U.S. surveillance of EU citizen data, the Court of Justice of the European Commission (ECJ) invalidated the 15-year-old U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework in Maximillian...more
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has struck down the 15-year-old “Safe Harbor” agreement that permitted companies operating in Europe to transmit personal user data to the United States, as long as the U.S. ensures an...more
The European Union’s highest court has, effective immediately, invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor program relied upon by many companies as the basis for lawfully transferring and processing personal information from the EU to...more
On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice — Europe’s highest court — invalidated the Safe Harbor agreement and framework that has permitted more than 4,000 companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S....more
The powers of EU data protection authorities are significantly strengthened by the decision, allowing them to suspend some or all personal data flows into the United States in certain circumstances. In Maximillian...more
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
A major European court has just pulled the rug out from under nearly 5,000 US companies, snatching away the relative business certainty of the Data Transfer Safe Harbor, and maybe the safety of standard contract clauses and...more
On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, effective immediately. This momentous decision jeopardizes the continued flow of data from Europe to the US. As the Safe...more
Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU's highest court, issued a groundbreaking decision that invalidates the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor program. Given the widespread reliance on the Safe Harbor framework...more
The global data protection community was issued a major blow early on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, when the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) (the European Union’s highest court) declared the fifteen year old EU-US...more
The initial reports of the ECJ’s decision in the Schrems Safe Harbor case (C-362/14) indicate that the Court of Justice of the EU has declared Safe Harbor invalid and sent the case back to the Irish Data Protection Authority...more
On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will issue its decision in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, Case C-362/14, which may invalidate the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. The Safe Harbor Framework...more