Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch
NGE On Demand: Personal Data Protection Travels: The New Standard Contractual Clause with John Koenigsknecht and David Wheeler
In-house Roundhouse: Antitrust and the Tech Industry
Pennsylvania COVID-19 Update Featuring Former Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett
A new framework has been adopted for data transfers between the European Union and the United States. But is it legally sound? On 20 September 2023, the European Commission’s new Adequacy Decision for companies in the...more
Data transfers from the EU to the US will now be easier for many companies, following a long-awaited decision from the European Commission. More than a year after the first announcement of the Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy...more
On July 10, the European Union and the United States finalized the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), an agreement that allows for the transfer of personal data from residents of the EU to certified companies in the U.S....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
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on data transfers for the EU-U.S. (European Union/United States) Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The adequacy decision concluded that the United States...more
On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, concluding that the United States ensures an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the...more
On July 10, the European Commission (EC) published its data adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). This means that companies can transfer personal data from EU countries and from Iceland,...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
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), through Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), issued another fine against a large US technology company. What may come as a surprise is the...more
It has been a long time coming, but the other shoe has finally dropped. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland (parent of Facebook Ireland) €1.2 billion, the highest fine to date under the...more
On 22 May 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta Ireland) with a EUR 1.2 billion (approximately 1.3 billion U.S. dollar) fine for breaches of the GDPR with respect to...more
Data transfers - the new EU-U.S. data privacy framework A new EU-U.S. transatlantic data flow agreement is expected to be finalized by the spring of 2023. The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework will enable the flow of...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
On December 13, 2022, the European Commission published its draft adequacy decision recognizing the essential equivalence of U.S. data protection standards, laying the foundations for finalization of the European Union...more
The EU released its draft adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, but all is not smooth sailing. As we wrote in October, the US developed the proposed new framework in response to the declared inadequacy of...more
The 13 December 2022 marked a further stage in restoring greater stability for transatlantic personal data transfers, as the European Commission (the Commission) launched the process towards adoption of an adequacy decision...more
In a significant move toward replacing the invalidated Privacy Shield, the European Commission (EC) released a draft Adequacy Decision on December 13, 2022, concluding that the U.S. legal framework provides an adequate level...more
For companies that conduct business in both the European Union and the United States, data transfers between the EU and the U.S. has long been a challenging process, primarily in light of the EU’s strict privacy regulation,...more
The European Commission recently released a draft adequacy decision for the European Union and United States Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework (TDPF). If the decision is finalized, data transfers between the European Union...more
US and EU Life Sciences Law firms Fieldfisher & Gardner Law recently held a CLE event in Silicon Valley covering Healthcare Compliance, Data Privacy and Regulatory hot topics for MedTech and Pharma companies. Discussion...more
In this month’s Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine President Biden’s executive order to implement an EU-U.S. data privacy framework, the European Commission’s draft Cyber Resilience Act, the U.S. Treasury’s request...more
In early October, the United States (“U.S.”) and European Union (“EU”) came one step closer to the much-awaited new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (the “Framework”), designed to facilitate transatlantic data flows between the...more
US President Joseph Biden issued an Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities on October 7, which establishes safeguards relating to the handling of personal information in the...more
In March 2022, the US and EU announced they had agreed in principle to a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework (Framework) intended to simplify transfers of personal information. After months of waiting for the final...more
Don't Hyperventilate. There are new United Kingdom (UK), European Union (EU), U.S., and global regulatory requirements that just went into effect or will be effective before or soon after year-end that will impact contracts...more