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 June 24, 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reached a final agreement with the United States on the terms of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which will permit U.S. companies to transfer the personal data of...more
6/28/2016
/ Corporate Counsel ,
Data Retention ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ombudsman ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
Surveillance ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Young Lawyers
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