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The EU’s NIS2 Directive: Covered Entities, Compliance Monitoring, Risk Management, Incident Reporting, and Penalties

In response to the increasing number of cyberattacks and the acceleration of digital transformation across sectors, the European Union has revised and improved its Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive. The...more

European Union Digital Services Act: New Regulations Apply

The European Union Digital Services Act (DSA) now applies to all digital “intermediary services” that provide users with access to online goods, services, and content. The DSA took effect on November 16, 2022, and regulates a...more

EU Agrees on Groundbreaking AI Act: A Potential Model for AI Regulation?

On December 8, 2023, European Union policymakers brokered a deal on a broad law to regulate the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union....more

European Parliament’s Leading Committees Vote to Approve AI Act

The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory framework is “a step closer” to becoming law, the European Parliament recently announced. Following the European Commission’s 2021 draft proposal, a draft negotiating...more

The U.S. and EU Announce an “Agreement in Principle” to Replace the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework: What Employers Need to Know

On March 25, 2022, the European Union (EU) announced that the United States and the EU had reached an agreement in principle to replace the EU-U.S Privacy Shield framework, which the European Court of Justice (CJEU) struck...more

UK Government’s Consultation on Data Protection and Privacy: Information Commissioner’s Office Issues Response

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently released its response to the UK government consultation, ‘Data: A new direction’. The consultation was conducted by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport...more

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement Provides a Grace Period for Free Flow of Personal Data

After the political and constitutional upheaval of the last four years that has been Brexit, a trade deal - the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - was finally reached between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European...more

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid: European Court of Justice Highlights Obligations for Companies Using Standard Contractual Clauses

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently declared that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is invalid because it does not provide an adequate level of protection for the transfer of personal data from the European...more

European Court of Justice Declares the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid and Provides Additional Obligations on Companies Using...

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its judgment in the so-called Schrems II case (Case C-311/18), declaring that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is invalid because it does not provide an...more

Maintaining Employees’ Privacy During a Public Health Crisis

As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continues to spread, employers have been trying to strike a balance between safety and privacy as they apply their own policies and attempt to follow laws such as the General Data...more

A GDPR Update for Employers, Part I: Determining Whether Your Organization’s HR Data Processing Is Covered

Much has happened since the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect on May 25, 2018. Many EU countries have enacted national legislation to implement and expand the requirements of the...more

Working Party Confirms That Employers of All Sizes Must Maintain Article 30 Records of Processing for Human Resources Data

On April 19, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party (Working Party), which is comprised of representatives from the data protection authorities in each of the 28 European Union (EU) member states, issued a position paper stating...more

EU Regulator Discusses Enforcement Priorities for the GDPR

On March 27, 2018, Helen Dixon, the data protection commissioner for Ireland, outlined the enforcement priorities of the Irish data protection authority (DPA) for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) during the...more

EU Commission’s First Annual Review Confirms Adequacy of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

On October 18, 2017, the European Commission published its report and supporting documents regarding its first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (Privacy Shield), which sets forth procedures and safeguards for...more

The UK Election Results - Business as Usual?

How do you sum up what just happened in the United Kingdom’s parliamentary election? I thought the journalist Hugo Rifkind did it rather well last Saturday on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, a show that takes a satirical and...more

The Countdown Begins for GDPR Compliance for EU Human Resources Data

On May 25, 2018, a short 12 months from now, employers must be in full compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) for EU human resources data. The GDPR requirements regarding...more

The Top 5 International Data Privacy Issues for Employers in 2017

As employers catch their breaths after an action-packed 2016, they need to gear up for another turbulent year for international data privacy issues in 2017. The top five international data privacy issues follow....more

EU Commission Adopts EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

On July 12, 2016, the European Commission formally adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield to replace the previously invalidated Safe Harbor Framework as an adequate method of transferring personal data from the European Economic...more

5 Things US Businesses Should Know About Brexit

Just four days after the Brexit vote the FTSE 100 has recovered much of the ground it lost and the strength of the pound against the dollar has recovered a little from a 31-year low. Why? And what do we say to US businesses...more

7/7/2016  /  EU , Financial Markets , Referendums , UK , UK Brexit

New Agreement on Privacy Shield Set to Become Final in Early July

On June 24, 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reached a final agreement with the United States on the terms of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which will permit U.S. companies to transfer the personal data of...more

UK Votes to Leave the European Union: What Does This Mean for U.S. Companies With European Subsidiaries?

The people of the United Kingdom have spoken on the issue of whether the United Kingdom should leave or remain in the European Union (EU), and by a narrow margin have decided to leave. In fact, by region, the voters of...more

European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce Publish Details Regarding the EU-US Privacy Shield

On February 29, 2016, the European Commission (EC) and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) published a series of documents providing details for the implementation of the new EU-US Privacy Shield framework for the transfer of...more

EU Extends "Qualified" Moratorium on Enforcement Actions for Data Transfers to the U.S.

On February 3, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party, the EU body representing the data protection authorities (DPA) of each EU member country, announced that all of the DPAs across the EU have agreed to extend the current...more

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