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EU: DLA Piper GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey: January 2025

DLA Piper on 1/21/2025

The seventh annual edition of DLA Piper’s GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey has revealed another significant year in data privacy enforcement, with an aggregate total of EUR1.2 billion (USD1.26 billion/GBP996 million) in...more

GDPR and AI Models: Key Insights from the EDPB’s Latest Opinion

HaystackID on 12/19/2024

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released a comprehensive opinion addressing key data protection concerns related to the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) models. The opinion, requested...more

This Is Not a Test: The Significant Impacts of the Ireland Data Protection Commission’s Meta Decision

Miller Nash LLP on 6/6/2023

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), through Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), issued another fine against a large US technology company. What may come as a surprise is the...more

Meta Fined EUR 1.2 Billion for Violating GDPR

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/24/2023

On 22 May 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta Ireland) with a EUR 1.2 billion (approximately 1.3 billion U.S. dollar) fine for breaches of the GDPR with respect to...more

The Irish Data Protection Commission Widens the Definition of “Personal Data Breach,” as Well as the Approach to Timely...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/15/2022

On 14 March 2022 the Data Protection Commission of Ireland (DPC) handed down a decision in respect of 22 personal data breach notifications made by the Bank of Ireland Group Plc (BOI) between November 2018 and June 2019. The...more

The Proverbial Other Foot: Proposed U.S. Legislation Could Ban Personal Data Transfers to Ireland and Other U.S. Allies

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 5/3/2021

Digital giants and other data-driven businesses that have moved their companies from the United Kingdom to Ireland in the wake of Brexit could soon be bracing for a new shake-up in light of legislation recently proposed in...more

The Impending Cookie “Crackdown”: Irish Data Protection Commission Expected To Start Enforcement of Its Cookie Guidance This Fall

Carlton Fields on 9/9/2020

Following its Guidance issued on April 6, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission signaled its intent to begin enforcement against companies who fail to adhere to the Commission’s guidelines on the use and management of...more

Schrems II and EU-U.S. Personal Information Transfers: Where Are We, and What’s Next?

Akerman LLP on 8/5/2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently issued a decision with global implications for data transfers from the EU in a case referred to the CJEU from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, colloquially...more

How to Comply with International Transfers – The Regulatory Guidance Overview on the “Schrems II” Decision

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/30/2020

EDPB and data protection authorities’ views and statements on the “Schrems II”- decision by the CJEU - On 16 July, 2020, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU“) passed a decision invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield and...more

No Grace Period After Invalidation of EU-US Privacy Shield in Schrems II

Morgan Lewis on 7/28/2020

As discussed in an earlier alert, the Court of Justice of the European Union in a landmark decision in the Schrems II case invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, which was widely used by thousands of US organizations...more

SCCs: EU authorities' stance on EU data exports in wake of Schrems II

Hogan Lovells on 7/23/2020

The table below sets out the guidance provided by data protection authorities (DPA) in response to the European Court of Justice’s landmark judgment in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and...more

EU’s Highest Court Upends Personal Data Transfers to the United States: Action Steps for U.S. Multinational Employers to Keep HR...

Littler on 7/21/2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), on July 16, 2020, invalidated the European Union-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”), which more than 5,300 U.S. organizations had relied on to lawfully...more

CJEU Invalidates Privacy Shield; OKs Standard Contractual Clauses Subject to Greater Scrutiny

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/21/2020

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the supreme court of the European Union on matters involving European Union law, issued its long anticipated decision in the “Schrems II” case ( case...more

Court of Justice of the European Union strikes down Privacy Shield, but upholds Standard Contractual Clauses

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/20/2020

On July 16, 2020, Europe’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, struck down the Privacy Shield, an agreement that permitted companies operating in the European Union (EU) to transfer data to the United...more

Privacy Shield Invalidated by the European Court of Justice

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/20/2020

On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (Court) ruled in the “Schrems II” case that the one of the most commonly used cross border data transfer mechanisms between the European Union (EU) and the United States (US),...more

EU Suspends the Privacy Shield – Where do we go from here?

Stinson LLP on 7/20/2020

In a decision issued on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework, one of the primary tools used by companies in the European Union (EU) to transfer...more

El TJUE invalida el Privacy Shield y confirma la validez de las CCT (R-E) PERO con condiciones

Hogan Lovells on 7/20/2020

El TJUE se pronuncia sobre la validez del Privacy Shield y las Cláusulas Contractuales Tipo (Responsable-Encargado). En su sentencia, el TJUE ha: (i) invalidado el Privacy Shield como mecanismo para transferir de forma segura...more

The End of the US-EU Privacy Shield, but Standard Contractual Clauses Remain Valid

Morgan Lewis on 7/20/2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has finally issued its decision on the validity of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) in the Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s referral to the ECJ for an opinion on the...more

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/17/2020

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | November 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 11/20/2019

EU Court Allows Class Action to Proceed, Sets Precedent for Future Data Breach Class Actions - A class action brought against Google will be allowed to move forward after the plaintiff’s appeal was permitted, allowing him to...more

Irish Data Protection Commissioner To Address Children And Data Protection

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/2/2019

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has launched a public consultation on children and data protection issues. The consultation will have two streams: one aimed at adult stakeholders, and the other aimed directly...more

Looming Ruling on EU Data Transfer Rules Carries Potentially Serious Implications

Jones Day on 10/17/2017

The Situation: The European Court of Justice ("ECJ") is to rule on the validity of EU Standard Contractual Clauses used by companies to transfer personal data outside of the European Union, at the request of Ireland's High...more

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - August 2016"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/2/2016

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we highlight guidance issued by the Irish data protection authority regarding the use of location data, as well as the FTC's request for comment on its Standards for...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: September/October

K&L Gates LLP on 11/2/2015

On 11 September, TeliaSonera and Telenor have abandoned the proposed merger of their business units in Denmark. The contemplated transaction would have resulted in the establishment of a joint venture active in the provision...more

EU safe harbor update

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/30/2015

Last week, the Vienna Higher Regional Court ruled that most of Max Schrems’ claims against Facebook can proceed, including his claim that Facebook improperly allowed his personal information to be shared with the National...more

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