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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -

Adoption of EU/U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Husch Blackwell LLP on 7/13/2023

Key Point: The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which allows certain businesses to transfer data from the EU to the U.S. without the need for additional transfer...more

Revised EU rules on horizontal cooperation agreements include guidance on sustainability initiatives, information exchange and...

A&O Shearman on 6/14/2023

On 1 June 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted revised Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations on research & development agreements (R&D BER) and specialisation agreements (Specialisation BER) (jointly referred to as...more

EDPB Issues Opinion on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: Key Takeaways

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/2/2023

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued a long-awaited opinion on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Here are some key takeaways: The scope of the exemptions to the adherence to the principles, including on the...more

EU court strikes down Privacy Shield

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 10/22/2020

CEP Magazine (October 2020) - On July 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the European Commission’s July 2016 decision on the adequacy of the privacy protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield as...more

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield – Its Origins and the High Bar It Must Meet

Pierce Atwood LLP on 8/7/2017

To predict the Privacy Shield’s future, it’s helpful to recall its origins and to understand the high bar it must meet – namely, ensuring “an adequate level of protection” under the Data Protection Directive. ...more

Safe Harbor in Troubled Waters

Nossaman LLP on 2/19/2016

On Tuesday, February 2, 2016, the United States and the European Union announced a new transatlantic “safe harbor” data transfer deal that would allow companies with significant online operations to continue to transfer data...more

EU Round-UP: Safe Harbor 2.0 and Upcoming National Challenges

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/28/2015

EU Commissioner Vera Jourova recently announced in a speech to the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) that the Commission and the US have made substantial progress in finalizing a...more

Advertising Law - October 2015 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/23/2015

With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now? - What happens now?: That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the...more

Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/16/2015

After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) on the Safe Harbor, transfer of personal data to the U.S. based on Standard...more

EU Parliament Committee calls on the Commission for immediate action on US data transfers

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/14/2015

The EU Parliament committee that is charged with considering data protection matters (LIBE) has issued a press release calling on the European Commission to take action before the end of 2015 to come up with alternatives to...more

Transfer of Employees’ Personal Data from Germany to the United States under German Data Privacy Law

K&L Gates LLP on 10/12/2015

Following the ECJ’s decision in the “Schrems” case which has invalidated the Safe Harbor framework multinational corporations may now face profound privacy law related compliance issues in a multitude of jurisdictions. In the...more

The End of the Safe Harbor Framework – and the Threat to Model Clauses and BCRs

Cohen & Gresser LLP on 10/12/2015

Earlier last week, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the Safe Harbor framework between the United States and the European Union -- effective immediately. This decision significantly disrupts the flow of data...more

Litigation Alert: The CJEU's Decision on Safe Harbor and its Effects on US Technology Companies

Fenwick & West LLP on 10/9/2015

The CJEU’s Decision on Safe Harbor and its Effects on US Technology Companies - On October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the European Union’s highest court, issued a groundbreaking...more

Snowden Aftershocks: High Court Invalidates U.S.-EU Safe Harbor

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 10/8/2015

This week, largely driven by concerns over indiscriminate U.S. surveillance of EU citizen data, the Court of Justice of the European Commission (ECJ) invalidated the 15-year-old U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework in Maximillian...more

EU Court Rejects “Safe Harbor” Agreement Permitting Customer Data Transfers to U.S.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/8/2015

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has struck down the 15-year-old “Safe Harbor” agreement that permitted companies operating in Europe to transmit personal user data to the United States, as long as the U.S. ensures an...more

Court Invalidates US-EU Data Transfer Safe Harbor Program

Goodwin on 10/8/2015

The European Union’s highest court has, effective immediately, invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor program relied upon by many companies as the basis for lawfully transferring and processing personal information from the EU to...more

Europe's Highest Court Invalidates EU - U.S. Safe Harbor Data Sharing Agreement

Foley & Lardner LLP on 10/7/2015

On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice — Europe’s highest court — invalidated the Safe Harbor agreement and framework that has permitted more than 4,000 companies to transfer personal data from the EU to the U.S....more

ECJ Rules EU-US Safe Harbor Programme Is Invalid

Morgan Lewis on 10/7/2015

The powers of EU data protection authorities are significantly strengthened by the decision, allowing them to suspend some or all personal data flows into the United States in certain circumstances. In Maximillian...more

EU Top Court Invalidates Safe Harbor; Data Transfer Concerns Arise for EU/US Employers; Learn More About this at Today’s Privacy...

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 10/7/2015

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

US Safe Harbor Not Safe from EU Court Ruling

Womble Bond Dickinson on 10/7/2015

A major European court has just pulled the rug out from under nearly 5,000 US companies, snatching away the relative business certainty of the Data Transfer Safe Harbor, and maybe the safety of standard contract clauses and...more

US-EU Safe Harbor Invalidated: What Now?

Proskauer - Privacy & Cybersecurity on 10/7/2015

On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, effective immediately. This momentous decision jeopardizes the continued flow of data from Europe to the US. As the Safe...more

EU's Highest Court Declares Safe Harbor Invalid

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 10/6/2015

Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU's highest court, issued a groundbreaking decision that invalidates the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor program. Given the widespread reliance on the Safe Harbor framework...more

EU – US Safe Harbor Ruled Invalid

Benesch on 10/6/2015

The global data protection community was issued a major blow early on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, when the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) (the European Union’s highest court) declared the fifteen year old EU-US...more

EU Top Court’s Safe Harbor Decision Invalidates Safe Harbor and Sends Facebook Case Back to Irish Data Protection Authority

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 10/6/2015

The initial reports of the ECJ’s decision in the Schrems Safe Harbor case (C-362/14) indicate that the Court of Justice of the EU has declared Safe Harbor invalid and sent the case back to the Irish Data Protection Authority...more

Is the Safe Harbor Framework Still Safe?

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 10/5/2015

On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) will issue its decision in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, Case C-362/14, which may invalidate the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework. The Safe Harbor Framework...more

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