A new report issued in May 2024 by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), an independent thinktank, is the latest installment to cast concerns over the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), predicting that it will...more
Electronic identification and trust services (eIDAS) refer to a range of services that include verifying the identity of individuals and businesses online and verifying the authenticity of electronic documents. Since 2014,...more
On March 13, 2024, the EU Parliament voted to pass the EU’s much-discussed AI Act (with 523 votes in favor, 46 against and 49 abstentions). For an insight into the AI Act’s progression through the EU lawmaking system, see our...more
The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a new comprehensive regulation governing AI, known as the “AI Act,” late on Friday night (December 8, 2023). While the final...more
The new EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) has now finally taken effect. Under the FSR the European Commission (EC) will have new powers to intervene against distortions to competition in the EU internal market caused by...more
The EU’s new Joint Communication on a European Economic Security Strategy proposes a methodology for an EU economic security risk assessment and identifies measures to mitigate these risks. The Strategy is noteworthy because...more
The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation (“FSR”) entered into force on 12 January 2023 and will start to apply from 12 July 2023. Under the FSR, the European Commission (“Commission”) will have powers to intervene against...more
On December 8, 2021 the EU Commission published its proposal for a new “Anti-Coercion Instrument.” The regulation is being proposed in response to targeted deliberate economic pressures applied to the EU and its Member States...more
The European Commission’s decision of 4 June 2021 finalises the new SCCs for transferring personal data from the EEA.
After invalidation of the Privacy Shield by Europe’s top court, many businesses came to rely upon...more
On January 19, the European Commission released a strategy intended to “stimulate the openness, strength and resilience of the EU’s economic and financial system.” One of the key pillars of the strategy is centered around...more
The EDPB has issued recommendations concerning how organisations may lawfully transfer personal data from Europe to “third countries” (e.g., the U.S. and currently the UK from 1.1.2021) in light of the recent Schrems II...more
11/25/2020
/ EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Legal Systems ,
New Guidance ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK
‘Contact tracing’ is a process used by public health officials to identify individuals who may have come into close proximity with a contagious virus, such as COVID-19. Traditionally, infected persons are asked to identify...more
With the August 1st start of the Privacy Shield, the European Commission’s new and long-awaited transatlantic data transfer agreement with the U.S., businesses that had previously relied on the invalidated Safe Harbor scheme...more
8/16/2016
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US Department of State ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has been very busy in recent weeks re-shaping EU privacy laws. In addition to the much-anticipated decision in “Schrems” (Case C-362/14), which essentially rules the US-EU...more
10/29/2015
/ Compliance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Debt Collection ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Hungary ,
International Data Transfers ,
Member State ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Right to Privacy ,
Sanctions ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In a further push towards “privacy by design,” the Article 29 Working Party, which is made up of representatives from the various EU data protection authorities, has recently approved the use of Binding Corporate Rules...more