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US and EU Approve Framework for Personal Data Transfers

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The United States ("U.S.") and the European Union ("EU") have settled on a framework for transfers of personal data for the first time since the European Court of Justice ("CJEU") effectively invalidate the EU-U.S. Privacy...more

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Significant improvements for international transfers of personal data - adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy...

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On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“Adequacy Decision”). This ends a three-year journey to set up a successor to the EU-U.S. Privacy...more

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Executive Order on EU-U.S. Data Sharing Signed

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On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed the Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities Executive Order (Executive Order or EO), which implements the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF)....more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Biden Signs Executive Order Implementing Privacy-Shield Replacement for EU-US Data Transfers

Today, October 7, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an executive order implementing a new privacy framework for data being shared between Europe and the United States. The new framework is called the “Trans-Atlantic Data...more

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Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 12

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FTC Chair Lina Khan Questions Current Data Collection Practices by Private Industry at IAPP Global Privacy Summit, Suggests New Rulemaking May Be Necessary - In her first major privacy address since taking the helm of the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Privacy Shield Agreement Announced

Last week the Biden administration and the European Commission jointly announced a new trans-Atlantic data flow agreement. While no specifics have yet been made public, a recent press release gives the high-level facts of...more

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U.S. Government issues white paper regarding EU-U.S. personal data transfers

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) jointly issued a White Paper containing information about privacy protections under U.S. law...more

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U.S. Department of Commerce Releases White Paper to Assist Organizations in Conducting Schrems II Assessments

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In a letter from Deputy Assistant Secretary James Sullivan, the U.S. Department of Commerce introduced a white paper, “Information on U.S. Privacy Safeguards Relevant to SCCs and Other EU Legal Bases for EU-U.S. Data...more

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Regulators React to Invalidation of Privacy Shield

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As discussed in a previous advisory, the European Union’s supreme court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Privacy Shield) in its July 16, 2020 decision in...more

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European Union and U.S. Department of Commerce to Re-Evaluate Enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

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Yesterday, on August 10, 2020, the European Commission (“Commission”) and the Department of Commerce (“DoC”) issued a joint statement announcing they are beginning discussions to evaluate potential enhancements to the EU-U.S....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - July 2020

In this month's edition, we examine the Court of Justice of the European Union's decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, as well as the U.S. government's response to the decision. We also examine two...more

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ECJ Invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework

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On July 7, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield framework in its ruling in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Case C-311/18). More than...more

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CJEU Schrems II Case Ruling Invalidates EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework; Upholds Standard Contractual Clauses Validity (With...

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU's highest court, declared on July 16, 2020, that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework for the transfer of personal data from the EU into the United States is invalid....more

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EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Program For Transfer Of Personal Data To U.S. Found Invalid

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The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program is invalid, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared on July 16, 2020, in the matter of Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Schrems (C-311/18) (Schrems...more

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Time To Reassess International Data Transfers After Court Declares EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid: A 4-Step Action Plan

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The Court of Justice of the European Union just ruled that an important data protection scheme established between the European Union and the United States is invalid, calling into question many aspects of important data...more

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EU Court Strikes Down EU-US Privacy Shield

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The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) on July 16, 2020, invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield as an approved mechanism for transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States. This decision...more

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One Cross-Border Mechanism Invalid, Another Upheld: Thoughts after the CJEU’s Schrems II Decision

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On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield, ruling, among other things, that U.S. domestic law...more

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Ten Tips For Handling EU-US Data Transfers Post Schrems II

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In a landmark decision in what is popularly known as the "Schrems II" case, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the framework that facilitated the transfers of personal data from...more

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European Court of Justice Declares the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid and Provides Additional Obligations on Companies Using...

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its judgment in the so-called Schrems II case (Case C-311/18), declaring that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is invalid because it does not provide an...more

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EU Court Of Justice Invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield, Now What?

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in its decision in the Schrems II case, has invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield method for cross-border transfer of personal data from the European Union to the United...more

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The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalidated: What It Means For U.S. Companies

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Invalidates the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield- On July 16, 2020, the CJEU invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (the Privacy Shield) in its decision in Facebook Ireland v. Schrems...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

CJEU Invalidates EU-U.S. Privacy Shield; Upholds Standard Contractual Clauses

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In a ground-breaking opinion issued today, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Decision as a method for transferring personal data from the EU to the US. In short, the Decision was...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The EU’s Data Transfer “Privacy Shield”—Full Body Armor or a Candle in the Wind?

With the August 1st start of the Privacy Shield, the European Commission’s new and long-awaited transatlantic data transfer agreement with the U.S., businesses that had previously relied on the invalidated Safe Harbor scheme...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

New Safe Harbor Process for Transfer of Personal Data Between US and EU

If your company does business in Europe — including by selling products or services or by employing or collecting information about European residents — and transfers information or data to the US, you must comply with new EU...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The Privacy Shield: New Requirements for Lawful Trans-Atlantic Data Transfers

On July 12, 2016, the United States and European Union member states formally adopted the Trans-Atlantic Privacy Shield, a data transfer mechanism aimed to provide strict and clear consumer privacy protections. This Privacy...more

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