On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed the Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities Executive Order (Executive Order or EO), which implements the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF)....more
In an increasingly datafied and globalized world, businesses have become reliant upon the seamless flow of cross-border data transfers. Transatlantic data flows play an important role in the U.S. economy. The U.S. and the...more
italiano: La gestione gel flusso trasfrontaliero dei dati dopo la sentenza Schrems II By: Ivan Rotunno, Giulia Rivarola di Roccella, and Martina Acquaro Following the decision of the European Court of Justice of the European...more
In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine a declaration on ethical considerations for artificial intelligence, the annual joint review of the Privacy Shield, a new lawsuit from a snack food...more
UNITED STATES - Regulatory—Policy, Best Practices, and Standards - United States and China Renew Promise Not to Hack - On October 4, U.S. and Chinese officials agreed to not engage in targeted hacking. Per a...more
After its first draft of February 29, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield adequacy decision on July 12, 2016. The first draft was adopted after the cancellation of the Safe Harbor by the Court of...more
Following twenty-seven EU and U.S. non-profit organizations in their letter of March 16, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) in its opinion n° 01/2016 of April 13 and the EU Parliament in its resolution of May 26, it is now...more
The push for the European Union and the United States to reopen negotiations over the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield may have just become a shove, due to a recent opinion released by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)...more
Last week has seen two important developments in relation to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (“Privacy Shield”) for transfers of personal information from Europe to the United States. A draft adequacy decision and related...more
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Giovanni Buttarelli issued his formal opinion on the EU- US Privacy Shield, arguing that while it’s a step in the right direction, “robust improvements” are needed. The EDPS is an...more
According to a tweet, Giovanni Buttarelli - the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) - declared during the 2016 edition of the conference Computers, Privacy and Data held in Brussels: “Don’t do it again!” This...more