Anonymization and AI: Critical Technologies for Moving eDiscovery Data Across Borders
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
Cross-Border Data Transfers and the EU-US Data Privacy Tug of War
Update on Global Data Privacy Regulations by John Jackson
What's Next after the Schrems II Decision of ECJ
Life With GDPR: Episode 47- Schrems III-Impact on the Transatlantic Digital Trade
Compliance Perspectives: The End of the Privacy Shield
Nota Bene Episode 89: European Q3 Check In - Merger Clearance and Data Protection Court Rulings and Brexit Updates with Oliver Heinisch
Life With GDPR: Episode 46-Emergency Podcast on Schrems III
Life With GDPR: Episode 18-Update on Privacy Shield
Everything Compliance-Episode 10, the first 100 Days of the Trump Administration-Part I
Employment Law This Week: Password Sharing, Organizing Mixed Units, Mental Health Accommodations, Privacy Shield
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 239-Jonathan Armstrong on EU Privacy Shield
Following a German case brought against the EU Commission, the EU General Court found that the Commission had made an improper transfer of personal information to the US. The plaintiff, a German citizen, alleged (among other...more
At first glance, the headline looks like a typo: The EU rules against the EU…for breaching EU data protection law?...more
On November 5, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) issued its first report under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and released a statement on the access to data for law enforcement. Both documents were...more
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
A new report issued in May 2024 by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), an independent thinktank, is the latest installment to cast concerns over the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), predicting that it will...more
The U.S. Departments of Justice and Commerce, as well as the European Commission recently launched the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”), marking a significant shift from the previous frameworks such as Safe Harbor and...more
On 10 July, three years since a ruling which upturned ‘business as usual’, the European Commission has finally released its ‘Adequacy Decision’ for the EU/US Data Protection Framework. Transfers between the EU/UK and US are...more
On July 10th, the European Commission issued its Implementing Decision regarding the adequacy of the EU-UD Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The Decision has been eagerly awaited by US and Europe based commerce, hoping it will...more
With data privacy landscapes changing around the globe, how can organizations handle cross-border deals while still remaining compliant? This has been a burning question over recent years....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 July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its much-anticipated adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The decision concludes that the US ensures an adequate level of protection—comparable to...more
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (“EC”) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). Nearly three years after the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”)...more
The European Commission just adopted its adequacy decision on data transfers between the European Union and the United States, paving the path for companies to transfer data freely across the Atlantic and ending several years...more
Key Point: The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which allows certain businesses to transfer data from the EU to the U.S. without the need for additional transfer...more
The process for data transfers from the EU to the US under Standard Contractual Clauses has been back in the news recently, leading many to ask: will the proposed EU-US Data Privacy Framework be approved by the Europeans...more
Since the European Court of Justice (ECJ) declared the “Safe Harbour” agreement—which had permitted U.S. companies to comply with EU restrictions on the transfer of personal data outside the EU—invalid in October 2015,...more
On the bumpy road towards a new adequacy decision for EU-U.S. data transfers, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has published its Opinion 5/2023 (“Opinion”) on the European Commission's (“Commission”) draft adequacy...more
Background Note: Data privacy has become a critical issue in the digital era, with laws and regulations constantly evolving. As a result, it’s important for cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery...more
As U.S.-based companies await a decision by the European Union (EU) regarding data transfers, the European process for approving the EU-U.S. data privacy framework has progressed a step. The European Commission released a...more
During the last 20 years, the state of the law regarding personal data transfers between the U.S. and Europe has undergone many changes and evolutions. Initially, the European Commission and the U.S. Government worked...more
Since Schrems II invalidated the US/EU Privacy Shield, the flow of personal data from the European Union to the United States has been subject to intense regulatory scrutiny. Companies transferring personal data to the United...more
As we wrote in July 2020, the European Court of Justice issued a landmark decision that invalidated the Privacy Shield as untenable under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The decision sparked...more
Key Points - President Biden has signed the long-awaited executive order implementing U.S. commitments to the new successor agreement to the Privacy Shield, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework—a historic step in respect of...more
After a two year absence of a legal framework for transferring personal data from the EU to the U.S., President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (the...more