Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
E14: The Three Pillars of GDPR
E13: GDPR Wedding Day & Beyond
E12: GDPR Article 22 and Automated Decision Making
E8: Interview with Cookiebot CEO on Technical Solutions to GDPR Readiness
How to avoid a €20m fine. Meritas guide to the steps companies should take to comply with GDPR
Data Privacy Trouble Surrounding Google Street View Cars Presents Lesson for Smaller Companies
On October 9, 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published a report on the first periodic review of the adequacy decision of July 10, 2023. This decision determined that the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the...more
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concluded that the United States does ensure an adequate level of protection for transferring...more
On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the DPF). With immediate effect, the adequacy decision provides a new lawful basis for transfers from...more
On December 19, 2019, in the Facebook Ireland and Schrems (Schrems 2.0) case, the Advocate General (AG) to the European Court of Justice (ECJ)—European Union's highest court—opined that the EU Standard Contractual Clauses...more
On July 12, 2016, the European Commission formally adopted the Privacy Shield, a new transatlantic framework for the transfer of personal data from the European Union (EU) and certain countries of the European Economic Area...more
On July 8, 2016, the European Union (“EU”) member states voted in support of the Privacy Shield through the Article 31 Committee, which is composed of representatives of the 28 member states. The Privacy Shield would replace...more
While it’s making few headlines, the European Commission is still working to finalize Privacy Shield, and it’s even possible that Privacy Shield will pass a key hurdle by the end of this month. The Commission is still...more
European privacy law is a bold new world for U.S. businesses doing business in Europe. An October Court of Justice ruling struck down the Safe Harbor arrangement which had governed E.U.-U.S. data transfer transactions for...more
While EU regulators determine whether to adopt a new agreement for transfers of personal data from Europe to the United States to replace the invalid EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework, German data protection authorities have not...more
Background - The EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC (the “Directive”) creates the legal framework for national data-protection laws in each EU member state. The Directive states that personal data may only be...more
The U.S. and EU are one step closer to implementing the new EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. On March 1, 2016, the European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce announced the release of the legal texts that will put in place...more
According to press reports, European Union and U.S. negotiators in Brussels finalized what is being called a “political agreement” on a new Safe Harbor transatlantic data transfer agreement. European Union justice...more