On October 20, 2015, the Irish High Court ordered the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) to investigate Facebook’s European data privacy practices, bringing Max Schrems’ three-year fight full circle. The Court quashed...more
10/21/2015
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Protection Commissioner ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Legal Costs ,
Motions to Quash ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The so-called “Article 29 Working Party” of EU Data protection officials from the 28 EU member states today released a much-anticipated press release regarding the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) landmark...more
10/19/2015
/ Article 29 Working Group ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
Personal Data ,
SCC ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
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
10/7/2015
/ Cloud Computing ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security Agency (NSA) ,
PRISM Program ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
We will be following up our post last week regarding the latest US-EU Safe Harbor decision out of Europe with further analysis both from the Mintz Privacy team and our international network of privacy specialists. Our...more
9/28/2015
/ Advocate General ,
Consent ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Data Security ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
Rather than our usual Privacy Monday “bits and bytes,” we have a breaking story relating to the ongoing Wyndham/FTC saga.
Today, Wyndham Worldwide Corp. lost a critical round in the Third Circuit. Anticipated since...more
8/25/2015
/ Best Practices ,
Credit Cards ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
FTC v Wyndham ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Section 5 ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Wyndham
While you enjoy what is left of the summer of 2015, we will kick off your week with a few privacy and security bits and bytes....more
8/4/2015
/ Cyber Threats ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hackers ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Medical Devices ,
NAIC ,
Nursing Homes ,
Personally Identifiable Information