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Cybersecurity and Data Privacy in 2017: Eight Topics to Follow

Throughout the past several years, data privacy and security practices have evolved into more than just defending against identity theft and protecting sensitive data. In fact, since 2014, to help raise awareness for data...more

EU Commissioner Jourová Speaks Before European Parliament About Schrems’ Impact on Safe Harbor Negotiations

On October 26, 2015, EU Commissioner Jourová, responsible for data protection, delivered before the European Parliament a speech on the implications of the Schrems ruling (C-362/14) by the Court of Justice of the EU, which...more

Safe Harbor Invalidated by the CJEU; Are There Other Solutions for Transatlantic Transfers?

After the October 6, 2015, decision of the CJEU, it is clear that transfers of personal data may no longer take place under the Safe Harbor. This was confirmed with no ambiguity by the Article 29 Working Party (Group 29,...more

Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

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

CJEU Declares the EU Commission Safe Harbor Decision Invalid

On October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled that the Safe Harbor decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) is invalid. The ruling seems more severe than the opinion rendered on September 23,...more

Cacophony in the E.U. About National Data Retention Laws

The European Commission made it clear on September 16, 2015, that the issue of whether to introduce national data retention laws is a national decision. The European Commission has no intention of going back on this statement...more

Advocate General Bot Proposes That CJEU Declare the Safe Harbor Invalid

On September 23, 2015, Advocate General Yves Bot delivered an opinion on the issue of the transfer of personal data from Facebook Ireland to Facebook USA, in light of the generalized access the National Security Agency (NSA)...more

EU and U.S. Reach “Umbrella Agreement” on Data Transfers

The EU and U.S. reached an agreement on Tuesday (9 September) which will enable the two sides to exchange personal data during criminal and terrorism investigations....more

The French Data Protection Authority Puts Google On Notice To Delist Domain Names Beyond Site’s EU Extensions

One, of course, recalls the May 13, 2014 decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the “right to be forgotten”. As a result, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL – Commission Nationale de...more

European Hearing on the Future of Safe Harbor

Back on February 12th 2015, Max Schrems, the Austrian law student who began Europe v. Facebook, posted a tweet suggesting that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) may hear his case as soon as this month. Since...more

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