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
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
Passage of the Act facilitates two data-sharing agreements between the European Union and United States that will improve transatlantic business, privacy, and security. On February 24, the Judicial Redress Act of 2015...more
The U.S. and E.U. are one step closer to entering into a new data transfer agreement. On February 24, 2016, President Barack Obama signed into legislation the Judicial Redress Act, giving citizens of certain allied countries,...more
The European Union announced on October 26, 2015, that it had reached an agreement “in principle” with the United States on a new transatlantic data-sharing pact—though a final agreement between the parties is likely still...more
On Monday, October 26, European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jourová delivered a speech before the European Parliament in which she noted that the European Union and the United States had agreed “in principle” on a new...more
Following a September 23, 2015 opinion by Advocate General (AG) Bot that the US-EU Safe Harbor framework, which provided for the "safe" transfer of personal data from the EU to the US, did not provide sufficient guarantees...more
The Judicial Redress Act of 2015 (H.R. 1428) (Judicial Redress Act) is on its way to the U.S. Senate. On October 20th, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of passage. The Judicial Redress Act extends...more
A lot has happened since the European Court of Justice’s declaration that the EU-US safe harbor framework is invalid. First, the Article 29 Working Party, an organization comprised of representatives from each data...more
The so called Article 29 Working Party met on October 15, 2015 to discuss the consequences of the Schrems Judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ). On October 16, 2015, the Working Party published a Statement...more
Since the Article 29 Working Party on the Protection of Individuals (“WP29”) announced last week that it would it shortly issue a statement on the landmark CJEU ruling invalidating the Safe Harbor Decision (Schrems v. Data...more
As we discussed in our blog post last week, on October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment that invalidated the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework. For the past 15 years, thousands of companies...more
On October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its determination that the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor program is no longer a “safe” (i.e., legally valid) means for transferring personal data of EU...more
After over four years of negotiations, the European Union and the United States have agreed on a framework data protection agreement on 8 September 2015 (Umbrella Agreement). The Umbrella Agreement covers all personal data...more