The EU-US Privacy Shield became operational on August 1, 2016; a nine-month grace period for compliance with the onward transfer requirements applies for organizations that sign up to the Privacy Shield prior to October 1,...more
Passage of the Act facilitates two data-sharing agreements between the European Union and United States that will improve transatlantic business, privacy, and security.
On February 24, the Judicial Redress Act of 2015...more
The new EU-US Privacy Shield seeks to address the European Court of Justice’s criticisms in Schrems after the decision invalidated the Safe Harbor program for EU-US data transfers.
On February 29, the EU Commission...more
3/2/2016
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The pending legislation would authorize the US Department of Justice to designate foreign countries to allow the citizens of such countries to bring civil actions against certain US agencies to access, amend, or redress...more
A new personal data transfer agreement was announced on February 3, 2016 between EU and US authorities: the EU-US Privacy Shield will replace the invalidated Safe Harbor programme.
Since the landmark decision of the...more
2/4/2016
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Data transfers can be suspended until investigation is complete.
In Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (case C-362/14), the Advocate General ruled that EU data protection authorities do have powers to...more
9/28/2015
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