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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The case of Schrems 2.0 – the challenge to Standard Contractual Clauses allowing personal data transfer outside the European Union

On 9 July 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg heard a case brought by privacy-rights activist Max Schrems (C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximilliam...more

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EU-US Privacy Shield Approved

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The EU-US Privacy Shield—successor to the invalidated Safe Harbor program for transatlantic transfers of EU personal data—was finally approved on July 12, 2016....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Still Needs Work, Says Committee of European Privacy Regulators

On April 13, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party, comprised of European data protection regulators, issued its opinion on the European Commission’s proposed EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The Working Party commended the European...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Details Released – Is the New Data Transfer Arrangement Right for Your Company?

On February 29 the European Commission released its Draft Adequacy Decision and supplemental documents on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”), giving businesses that transfer data from the European Union to the...more

K&L Gates LLP

EU-US Privacy Shield Released

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On February 29, following an earlier February 2 announcement, but with few details, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce released letters to the European Commission setting forth the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Principles along with...more

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EU-US Privacy Shield May Provide Guidance for Transatlantic Data Transfers

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The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to invalidate Safe Harbor in October 2015 sent shockwaves throughout the international business community. Safe Harbor was a certification mechanism that...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

EU-US Privacy Shield: Still Awaiting Certainty

Privacy activists across Europe raised their data protection banner following the announcement by EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Vera Jourová on Tuesday 2 February 2016 that a political agreement...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

From Safe Harbor to Privacy Shield: New EU-U.S. Agreement for Transatlantic Data Flows

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The European Commission (EC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce have reached an agreement to create a framework for transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United States. The framework, named the EU-U.S....more

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How Employers Can Prepare for the Privacy Shield

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As negotiators for the US Department of Commerce (“DOC”), Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), and the European Commission move towards an agreement intended to allow continued US-EU data transfers, a closer look at the history...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

EU and U.S. Reach Data Transfer Agreement: Perhaps a Shield, But No Silver Bullet

On February 2, 2016, the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce reached an accord on a new transatlantic data transfer protocol. Nicknamed the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the framework would replace the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

EU and US agree to new safe harbor data transfer pact

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission announced on Tuesday that they have entered into a new transatlantic safe harbor transfer agreement, which comes two days after the deadline set by EU data...more

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U.S. and EU Authorities Announce New Privacy Shield for Data Transfers

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Companies should still ensure that they are lawfully transferring data through an alternative mechanism until the details of the Privacy Shield are released. The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission...more

Dechert LLP

EU and US Reach Agreement in Principle on Successor to ‘Safe Harbor’ for Trans-Atlantic Data Transfers

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The European Commission announced an agreement in principle on a new framework for data transfers to replace the “Safe Harbor” arrangement that had governed data flows between the United States and Europe for the past 15...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Negotiators Announce “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield,” Replacing Safe Harbor for EU Data Transfers to the U.S.

U.S. and EU officials have agreed on a Safe Harbor replacement just as a deadline from EU data protection authorities passed. However, the exact details of the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield have not been released and...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

US and EU “Privacy Shield” Framework for Cross-Border Data Transfers Submitted to Article 29 Working Party Today

On the same day that groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted an early Spring, the EU College of Commissioners brought some sunshine of its own, announcing yesterday that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. on transfers of...more

BakerHostetler

Safe Harbor Part Deux: The Privacy Shield

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This week began like many. An arbitrary deadline came and went – this one, January 31, 2016, was set by the Article 29 Working Party for European and United States regulators to address the void created by the invalidation of...more

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EU Privacy Regulators: Newly Announced "Privacy Shield" Not A Safe Harbor Yet

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In response to the February 2, 2016, announcement by the European Commission (the "Commission") and the U.S. Commerce Department of a new framework, called the "Privacy Shield," to replace the invalidated U.S.-European Union...more

Fenwick & West LLP

Litigation Alert: From a Safe Harbor to a Privacy Shield

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The October 6, 2015, decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Schrems v. Facebook case left significant uncertainty surrounding the legality and practicality of U.S. technology companies’ ability to...more

Snell & Wilmer

Sanity Prevails? The Framework for the New EU – U.S. Privacy Shield

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On February 2, 2016, the European Commission announced a last-minute “political agreement” with the United States concerning a new privacy framework for transatlantic data transfers. The accord, called the “EU-U.S. Privacy...more

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The New EU-US Privacy Shield: Safe Harbor 2.0

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Two days after the expiration of the informal deadline to replace the Safe Harbor Framework invalidated by the Court of Justice of the European Union in October 2015, the EU and US have come to terms on a new framework—the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Safe Harbor 2.0: Political Agreement Reached – The EU-US Privacy Shield

The European Commission has announced that it has reached a deal to replace the EU-US Safe Harbor framework that was declared invalid last year by the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”). Heralded as the EU-US...more

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EU and US Beat the Clock With Their Announcement of the "Privacy Shield" a/k/a Safe Harbor 2.0

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In a long-awaited and much-anticipated announcement, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission (the “Commission”) declared on February 2, 2016, that they had struck a deal on a new cross-border data transfer...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - Historic New 'Privacy Shield' Agreement to Replace EU-US Safe Harbor"

Two days after the original January 31 deadline, the European Union and United States have announced a replacement for the Safe Harbor agreement — the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield — which, if approved, will provide a new framework...more

Locke Lord LLP

U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Scheme Declared Invalid

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”), Europe’s highest court, declared last month that the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Scheme is invalid. The CJEU also declared that national supervisory authorities are free to...more

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EU Strikes Down the Safe Harbor Framework for Transatlantic Data Transfers: What You Should Know and What to Do Next

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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

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