The European Data protection Board (“EDPB”), which is composed of representatives of the national data protection authorities, and the European Data Protection Supervisor, adopted its report on the second annual review of the...more
2/4/2019
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Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Reports ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Surveillance ,
Transparency ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
This is the inaugural issue of WilmerHale’s 8-in-8 Recent Trends in European Law and Policy Alert Series. Over the next eight weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting companies doing...more
5/31/2018
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Data Processors ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Multinationals ,
Personal Data ,
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This is the inaugural issue of WilmerHale's 8-in-8 Recent Trends in European Law and Policy Alert Series. Over the next eight weeks, our attorneys will share insights on current and emerging issues affecting companies doing...more
On October 18, the Article 29 Working Party released its draft of “ Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making and Profiling for the Purpose of Regulation 2016/679” (“Guidelines on Automated individual decision-making...more
On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission (“Commission”) published its report and other working documents (“Report”) on its first annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”). The Report summarizes that...more
On February 20, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party released procedures and a template complaint form for implementing the EU-US Privacy Shield. The procedures govern the functioning of the informal data protection authority...more
The EU’s Article 29 Working Party (WP29) held a plenary meeting in early December 2016. At the meeting, the WP29 adopted guidelines and issued FAQs relating to the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR’s) provisions...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued warning letters to 28 companies that claim to be certified participants in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperative’s (APEC) Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) system on their...more
7/15/2016
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Asia Pacific ,
Certifications ,
Code of Conduct ,
Cross-Border ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
International Data Transfers ,
Misrepresentation ,
Privacy Policy ,
Websites
The European Commission formally adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield on July 12, 2016, ending months of legal uncertainty with a new framework for governing transatlantic data transfers after the Privacy Safe Harbor framework...more
7/13/2016
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Data Retention ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Self-Certification ,
Surveillance ,
Third-Party ,
U.S. Commerce Department
After months of back and forth, an updated version of the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement originally announced in February is on the verge of being formally adopted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. While the final documents...more
On Monday, February 29th, the European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce released a collection of documents summarizing actions taken on both sides of the Atlantic to implement the new Privacy Shield framework. This...more
3/2/2016
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EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Self-Certification ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
In a landmark judgment in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (C-362/14) (October 6, 2015) (“Safe Harbor judgment”), the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) found the Safe Harbor Decision of the European Commission...more