In our recent update, we reported that the Advocate General (“AG”) to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the highest court in the EU, gave an opinion that “safe harbor” should be declared invalid and that...more
10/6/2015
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Data Protection Commissioner ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Self-Certification ,
Surveillance ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In an important case involving Facebook, and instigated by an Austrian student in response to the Snowden revelations about US security agency access to mass data, the Advocate General (“AG”) to the Court of Justice of the...more
9/24/2015
/ Advocate General ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Commissioner ,
Edward Snowden ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Personal Data ,
Safe Harbors ,
Surveillance