On April 1st, 2025, the General Court of the European Union held its first hearing on the request initiated by member of French parliament Philippe Latombe for annulment of the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) further...more
On 24 April 2024, the European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") released a set of guidance documents and template complaint forms to facilitate the implementation of the redress mechanisms corresponding to the EU-U.S. Data...more
The Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) of the German state Hamburg is one of the first European DPA to publish an optimistic assessment on the U.S. Executive Order on “Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals...more
12/5/2022
/ Adequacy Requirement ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
Germany ,
Government Investigations ,
Intelligence Services ,
International Data Transfers ,
Judicial Review ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Framework ,
Proportionality ,
Schrems I & Schrems II
At the beginning of the year, the German data protection authorities (DPAs) announced that they would take joint action to enforce the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the "Schrems II" case. On June 1,...more
6/17/2021
/ Audits ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
Germany ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Web Tracking
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued its long-awaited practical guidance following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) landmark Schrems II decision....more