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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: European Data Protection and Cybersecurity in 2019

Data protection laws in Europe evolved substantially in 2018, with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Directive on Security of Network and Information Systems (NIS Directive) becoming...more

White and Williams LLP

CEO Zuckerberg: Facebook User Settings Protect Individual Data – Congress Is Not So Sure

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After ten hours of Congressional testimony, one thing is clear – there is growing bipartisan concern over data privacy and data protection in the US. In the wake of so many recent data breaches, and now the data harvesting...more

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WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing Attracts Scrutiny from EU Privacy Authorities

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European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) recently launched investigations into WhatsApp’s sharing of user data with Facebook. (Facebook owns WhatsApp.) DPAs ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing the data pending the...more

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EU-US Data Transfers?: An update on actions taken by European DPAs

After the European Court of Justice invalidated Safe Harbor on October 6, ?2015, the Article 29 Working Party announced in an October 16, 2015 statement that US companies that were Safe Harbor certified had until the end of...more

Butler Snow LLP

No Safe Harbor: Why U.S. Companies Must Be Aware of Europe’s Privacy Rules

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The European Union has consistently provided its residents greater data protection than the United States. Directive 95/46/EC outlines specific requirements for data protection, including a provision that transfers of...more

Fenwick & West LLP

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

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

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

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

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