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Latham & Watkins LLP

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Issues New Data Transfer Risk Assessment Guidelines

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The guidelines specify the requirements for data controllers to conduct risk assessments related to the transfer or disclosure of personal data outside the Kingdom. ...more

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Investigations update: Hong Kong authorities ramp up enforcement in virtual assets and other sectors

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Hong Kong has seen cryptocurrencies grow in popularity, highlighting the need for appropriate licensing regimes (implemented in the form of virtual asset service providers (VASPs)), bolstered by active enforcement actions. ...more

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US and EU Approve Framework for Personal Data Transfers

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The United States ("U.S.") and the European Union ("EU") have settled on a framework for transfers of personal data for the first time since the European Court of Justice ("CJEU") effectively invalidate the EU-U.S. Privacy...more

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Meta Fined €1.2 Billion in Facebook Data Privacy Case: Should US Companies Be Concerned?

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It has been a long time coming, but the other shoe has finally dropped. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland (parent of Facebook Ireland) €1.2 billion, the highest fine to date under the...more

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Is Privacy Shield 2.0 on the Horizon?

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On October 7, President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities, which is intended to move forward next steps in the EU US Privacy Shield Framework...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Regarding Signals Intelligence Activities, Clearing Way for New Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy...

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President Biden issued an executive order (EO) increasing protections and safeguards for personal data subject to signals intelligence activities. It also establishes a redress mechanism for residents of qualifying states who...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

EU Personal Data Transfers Deadline: New SCCs must be put in place by December 27, 2022

Deadline to adopt EU Standard Contractual Clauses - Many organizations uses the European Union’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to govern their transfers of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to other...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Cybersecurity: European Commission Adopts Proposal for Cyber Resilience Act

On September 15, the EU Commission published a proposal for a Cyber Resilience Act (Proposed CRA), which builds on the 2020 EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the 2020 EU Security Union Strategy, with the aim of ensuring the...more

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New Privacy Shield Framework in the Works, Favoring Continuity Over Change for Businesses

President Biden and EU leaders announced on March 25, 2022 an agreement in principle to craft a replacement for the Privacy Shield and expand options for trans-Atlantic data transfers in accordance with the General Data...more

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New SCCs are here: what they mean and what you need to do next.

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After much anticipation, the European Commission has published new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), when personal data of individuals in the European Economic Area...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

You Have Been Weighed in the Balance and Found Wanting (Or at Least, Inadequate)

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Article 45 of the GDPR allows the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country when the third country ensures an “adequate level of protection” (adequacy decision). In determining “adequacy,” the GDPR provides...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Further Tension Between National Security and Protecting Privacy: Latest EU Judgments

United Kingdom, French and Belgian national security laws (and such laws of other EU Member States) fell under the scrutiny of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which on October 6, 2020, ruled on whether such...more

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U.S. Government issues white paper regarding EU-U.S. personal data transfers

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The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) jointly issued a White Paper containing information about privacy protections under U.S. law...more

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Irish Data Case Against Facebook Could Complicate All Data Transfers to the US

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Will the EU finally deny the right to transfer any personal data from its shores to the United States? Its privacy decisions have been inching closer to this determination for years, and an Irish case against Facebook may tip...more

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The Logical Conclusion to an Illogical Conclusion: Schrems May Forbid Data Commerce from the EU to the US

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The world just received the newest pronouncement from the EU Court of Justice, in a decision known as Schrems II, and the legal opinion extends the data war declared on the United States in the first Schrems decision....more

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Privacy Shield No Longer Viable Basis for EU-US Data Transfers

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On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice issued one of its most important decisions on data privacy law (Schrems II), holding that the EU-US Privacy Shield is no longer a viable mechanism for EU-US data transfers under...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Privacy Shield Invalidated by Top EU Court; Standard Contractual Clauses Upheld (But There Are Still Major Challenges Ahead)

Organizations that transfer personal data from the European Union on the basis of the EU Commission-approved Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) may be breathing a sigh of relief on hearing that the SCCs have been upheld by...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Do you transfer personal data from the EU to the US? Important Decision due July 16

Does your organization transfer personal data from the European Union to the US? If so, keep an eye out for a key decision on July 16 from the EU’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union. The Schrems II case...more

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AG Says ePrivacy Applies to Government Access to Communications Data

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On January 15, the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) Advocate General (AG) Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona delivered his Opinion on four references for preliminary rulings on the topic of retention of and access...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Major Boost for Standard Contractual Clauses Challenged by the Schrems 2.0 Case, but More Uncertainty for the Privacy Shield

We reported in July 2019 that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) heard a case brought by privacy-rights activist Max Schrems, challenging the validity of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which are widely...more

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The European Data Protection Board’s Second Report on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield

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The European Data protection Board (“EDPB”), which is composed of representatives of the national data protection authorities, and the European Data Protection Supervisor, adopted its report on the second annual review of the...more

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Data Protection in the Event of a “No Deal Brexit”

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As part of its preparations for a “no deal” scenario when the Article 50 negotiating period comes to an end on 29 March 2019, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DDCMS”) has released guidance on “Data...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

International Law Bulletin - Vol. 22, No. 5

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE - Data Privacy - EU: The European Union (EU) brought into force the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective May 25, 2018 significantly enhancing the right of an individual to...more

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Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Vol. 14

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New York Attorney General Announces Record Number of Data Breach Notices in 2016 - On March 21, 2017, the New York Attorney General's Office announced that it received 1,300 reported data breaches in 2016—a 60 percent...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

Commission Press Release and FTC Fact Sheet outlines the new EU-US “Privacy Shield”

The European Commission has issued a press release that gives an outline of some key changes to the EU-US safe harbor, now dubbed the “Privacy Shield.” The new accord still needs to be reviewed by the Article 29 Working...more

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