On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission released its report of the first annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The Privacy Shield is the successor of the Safe Harbor Agreement which was invalidated by the...more
10/23/2017
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Popular ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
After months of negotiations with the U.S. government, the European Commission (the EU’s executive arm) has announced a new scheme for data transfers, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. This is intended to replace the Safe Harbor...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union has issued a landmark judgment in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (Case C-362/14) that invalidates the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Safe Harbor Framework. The decision has...more
10/13/2015
/ Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Ireland ,
Model Contracts ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework