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Model Contracts Schrems I & Schrems II EU Data Protection Laws

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Current Status of EU Data Transfers and Recommended Next Steps for Former Safe Harbor Companies

As has been widely publicized, on October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its much-anticipated decision in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, Case C-362/14 invalidating European Commission’s Decision...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

United States and European Union Reach Agreement in Principle for Continued Transatlantic Data Transfers Following Safe Harbor...

In the wake of the European Court of Justice’s (“CJEU”) landmark decision of Schrems v. Data Protection Authority earlier this month, the EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova announced this week that the EU has “agreed in...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

EU Round-UP: Safe Harbor 2.0 and Upcoming National Challenges

EU Commissioner Vera Jourova recently announced in a speech to the EU Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) that the Commission and the US have made substantial progress in finalizing a...more

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European Union and United States Agree in Principle on New Safe Harbor Framework

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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

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Advertising Law - October 2015 #3

With EU Safe Harbor Invalidated, Companies Ask: What Now? - What happens now?: That is the question that businesses across the country are asking after the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) threw out the...more

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EU Strikes Down the Safe Harbor Framework for Transatlantic Data Transfers: What You Should Know and What to Do Next

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The European Court of Justice has declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed EU data flows across the Atlantic for the last 15 years. Thousands of U.S. companies have relied on the Safe Harbor...more

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More Dominos Fall on the Data Protection Table

As all of our readers know by now, as of October 6, the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework is no more. Safe Harbor was the mechanism on which thousands of US companies (and thousands of companies based in the European Union)...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

EU Data Protection Authorities Issue Statement Following Schrems Decision

On October 16, 2015, the body of European data protection regulators (Article 29 Working Party or WP29) issued a statement on the implementation of the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in...more

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The Fallout from the Schrems Decision Continues

On October 14, 2015, the data protection commissioner from the German state of Schleswig-Holstein issued a position paper declaring that the use of model contract clauses by U.S. companies and European employees’ consent to...more

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Article 29 Working Party Calls for Political Action

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In a concise statement, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29), a consortium of European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs), released a position paper today about the landmark ruling of the European Court of Justice in...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Data Protection Authorities Grant Grace Period Until End of January 2016

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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

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FTC's Safe Harbor for Data Transfers Declared Invalid

The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark judgment in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (Case C-362/14) that invalidates the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Safe Harbor Framework. The decision has...more

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European Court of Justice Invalidates U.S.-EU Safe Harbor

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On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”), the top court of the European Union (“EU”), released its opinion in Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (C-362/14), invalidating the U.S.-EU Safe...more

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