The European Union (EU) has adopted an adequacy framework for the transfer of personal data between Japan and the European Union. This framework is a mutual arrangement that applies to both sides as of January 23, 2019....more
From time to time, data controllers are confronted with the question of whether data subjects can raise claims for specific security measures against the controller under Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection...more
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg rendered a judgment on July 12 that explains, among other things, what a (joint) data controller is. The judgment is on the “old” EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, but...more
Based on the flood of updated privacy policies that have inundated email boxes throughout the world, it is clear that the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now in full effect. The EU's new European...more
Germany’s EU Data Protection Adaptation and Implementation Act addresses issues left open by the General Data Protection Regulation and implements the EU Directive 2016/680 on Data Protection for the Prevention and...more