On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”), the successor to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which the Court of Justice of the European Union...more
7/19/2023
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Compliance ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Framework Agreement ,
International Data Transfers ,
Privacy Framework ,
UK
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“Adequacy Decision”). This ends a three-year journey to set up a successor to the EU-U.S. Privacy...more
7/12/2023
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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Iceland ,
International Data Transfers ,
Liechtenstein ,
Member State ,
Norway ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On June 14, 2023, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position regarding the proposal of the European Commission for a regulation laying down harmonized rules on artificial intelligence. This is the most recent...more
6/16/2023
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Contract Negotiations ,
Distributors ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
European Parliament ,
Importers ,
International Harmonization ,
Machine Learning ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk-Based Approaches
On December 13, 2022, the European Commission initiated the process to adopt an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). The draft adequacy decision follows President Biden’s October Executive...more
On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (“EO”) implementing the new trans-Atlantic EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“EU-U.S. DPF”). The EU-U.S. DPF, previously announced by President Biden and the...more
10/10/2022
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Binding Corporate Rules ,
Civil Liberties ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Intellgence ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Intelligence Agencies ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Surveillance ,
UK
On March 25, 2022, US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the long-awaited announcement that the United States and the European Union have agreed, in principle, to the...more
The European Commission has presented its draft Data Act, which will affect a broad range of companies and heavily emphasizes data accessibility and fairness. Companies should begin to evaluate their current practices and...more
Businesses that transfer personal data to and from the United Kingdom will soon have clarity regarding transfers from the UK to recipients outside the EU/EEA.
On February 2, 2022, the United Kingdom Secretary of State...more
Last week, the Belgian Data Protection Authority ruled that the IAB’s cookie consent framework violated the GDPR. This decision has tremendous potential implications on the ad tech industry, as both publishers and advertisers...more
2/8/2022
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Advertising ,
Belgium ,
Consent ,
Cookies ,
Data Controller ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Online Advertisements ,
Publishers
On June 4th, 2021, the European Commission adopted and published a new set of so-called standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) providing a legal basis for international transfers of personal data from the EU/EEA to third...more
6/7/2021
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EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
UK
On November 11, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) released two documents as a follow-up to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (“CJEU”) notable July 2020 decision, known as Schrems II. These documents...more