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European Commission publishes first report on adequacy decision of the EU-US DPF

A&O Shearman on 11/20/2024

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

European Commission publishes second report on application of GDPR

A&O Shearman on 8/14/2024

On 25 July 2024, the EU Commission published its second report on the application of the GDPR (the ‘Second Report’), following its first report published in 2020....more

New Enforcement Powers for the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/25/2024

On May 21, 2024, France adopted law No. 2024-449 to secure and regulate the digital space. This law grants new enforcement powers and authority to the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), including to seize documents,...more

ZD-Interview: Drei Blickwinkel auf Geldbußen wegen Datenschutzverstößen

Latham & Watkins LLP on 9/22/2023

Die Verhängung von Geldbußen nach Art. 83 DS-GVO nimmt in der Praxis eine immer wichtigere Stellung ein. Deutsche und andere europäische Aufsichtsbehörden verhängen immer mehr und höhere Bußgelder wegen Datenschutzverstößen. ...more

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework Promises Greater Ease for Cross-Border Transfers, but Uncertainty Remains

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 7/31/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF, or “Privacy Framework”), which establishes the Privacy Framework as an authorized mechanism...more

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework: What Companies Need to Know

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/14/2023

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

The European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision on EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 7/14/2023

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

European Commission Adopts an Adequacy Decision for a New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Epstein Becker & Green on 7/13/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (“Commission”), which oversees and implements policies and laws of the European Union (“EU”), adopted an adequacy decision for the long-awaited EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework...more

Client Alert: European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Sets Standards for US Companies to Receive Personal Data from EU Under the...

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP on 7/13/2023

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission concluded that the US ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the European Union to US companies under the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Based...more

European Commission Proposes New Rules on Financial Data Access and Use

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/7/2023

On June 28, 2023, the European Commission (EC) published a Proposal for a Regulation on Financial Data Access (FIDA). FIDA aims to create a framework through which data holders (e.g., banks, credit institutions) share the...more

EU’s Top Court Rules That Competition Authorities Can Consider Data Protection Breaches in Their Investigations

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/7/2023

In a landmark judgment issued on July 4, 2023, the European top court, the Court of Justice (ECJ), ruled that competition authorities in the EU can consider a company’s compliance with the EU’s data protection rules when...more

Pakistan – MITT releases final draft of the personal data protection bill

A&O Shearman on 6/5/2023

The Pakistan Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication (MITT) released a new draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023 (the PDPB) on 19 May 2023. The PDPB aims to regulate the collection, processing,...more

EU Regulators Adopt Opinion on Draft EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 3/7/2023

Since the invalidation of the Privacy Shield framework in 2020 in the "Schrems II" case, the EU and the U.S. have been working to set up a new framework for data flows from the EU to the U.S. A draft of a new “Data Privacy...more

CJEU Finds That Companies Must Provide Individuals with the Identity of Data Recipients When Responding to Data Access Requests

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/2/2023

On January 12, 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the data subject’s right of access to personal data requires controllers to provide the data subject with the identity of the companies that...more

Recent Developments in Data Privacy

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 1/27/2023

For American companies doing business in Europe and European businesses relying on U.S. vendors and service providers, 2023 may be the year when Europe and the United States finally come together to implement a viable and...more

5 Things You Need to Know About DORA

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/9/2023

On 10 November 2022, the European Parliament approved two significant pieces of cybersecurity legislation: The Network and Information Security 2 Directive (“NIS2”); and The Digital Operational Resilience Act (“DORA”)....more

#tiktokcringe: Targeted Ads Are No 'Legitimate Basis' for Data Processing, Says Italy's Data Privacy Protection Authority -...

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/30/2022

European data authorities are increasingly united in policing data and privacy violations - It began, innocently enough, with an update to TikTok's privacy policy. Via upbeat messaging, users learned that they would soon...more

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European Commission publishes first report on adequacy decision of the EU-US DPF

European Commission publishes second report on application of GDPR

New Enforcement Powers for the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)

ZD-Interview: Drei Blickwinkel auf Geldbußen wegen Datenschutzverstößen

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework Promises Greater Ease for Cross-Border Transfers, but Uncertainty Remains

New EU-US Data Privacy Framework: What Companies Need to Know

The European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision on EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

European Commission Adopts an Adequacy Decision for a New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Client Alert: European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Sets Standards for US Companies to Receive Personal Data from EU Under the...

European Commission Proposes New Rules on Financial Data Access and Use

EU’s Top Court Rules That Competition Authorities Can Consider Data Protection Breaches in Their Investigations

Pakistan – MITT releases final draft of the personal data protection bill

EU Regulators Adopt Opinion on Draft EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

CJEU Finds That Companies Must Provide Individuals with the Identity of Data Recipients When Responding to Data Access Requests

Recent Developments in Data Privacy

5 Things You Need to Know About DORA

#tiktokcringe: Targeted Ads Are No 'Legitimate Basis' for Data Processing, Says Italy's Data Privacy Protection Authority -...

“One Size Fits All” Data Retention Policies: A Unicorn for International Employers?

Political Agreement on a New Framework for EU-U.S. Personal Data Transfers

Data Transfers from Europe and Beyond: The New EU SCCs and Other Changes in International Data

Updata: Your quarterly privacy & cybersecurity update - April to June 2021

EDPB Publishes New Guidance for Data Breach Notification

European Union Publishes Draft Standard Clauses for Trans-Atlantic Data Transfers

EDPB Adopts Measures On Post-Schrems II Supplemental Data Transfer Tools

European Data Protection Board Forms Two New Taskforces to Address Schrems II Aftermath

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