On July 12, 2016, the European Commission formally adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield to replace the previously invalidated Safe Harbor Framework as an adequate method of transferring personal data from the European Economic...more
7/14/2016
/ Data Protection Authority ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Self-Certification ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Surveillance ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On February 29, 2016, the European Commission (EC) and U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) published a series of documents providing details for the implementation of the new EU-US Privacy Shield framework for the transfer of...more
3/7/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ombudsman ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Surveillance ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On February 3, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party, the EU body representing the data protection authorities (DPA) of each EU member country, announced that all of the DPAs across the EU have agreed to extend the current...more
2/5/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection Authority ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Moratorium ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework