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EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Survives First Challenge

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The EU General Court has dismissed a French MEP’s challenge to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) for the transfer of personal data between the European Union (“EU”) and the United States (“U.S”). While the decision...more

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European Commission publishes first report on adequacy decision of the EU-US DPF

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On October 9, 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published a report on the first periodic review of the adequacy decision of July 10, 2023. This decision determined that the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (the...more

A&O Shearman

EU and UK Data Protection Regulatory Trends so far in 2024: a focus on consent, adtech and tracking technologies

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This series of blogs rounds up some of the key data protection regulatory trends we have seen during 2024, focused on the EU and UK. 2024 has seen behavioural advertising and cookies continue to dominate the agenda of data...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

Butler Snow LLP

The European Commission’s New Standard Contractual Clauses: Transferring Personal Data from the EU (A Long Overdue “Take Two”)

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On June 4, 2021, the European Commission adopted a new, highly anticipated set of standard contractual clauses to facilitate the transfer of personal data out of the European Economic Area (“EEA”) in accordance with the...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

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The United Kingdom has been busy in the past couple of weeks starting to chart its independent course on data protection and privacy matters. We should keep in mind, however, that some of the more dramatic announcements...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nota Bene Episode 135: Europe Q3 Check In: Brexit, Data Protection, and Block Exemption Regulations with Oliver Heinisch

We’re checking in with our Europe-based expert on the latest European updates and upcoming changes for the third quarter of 2021 including updates on Brexit, European Union (EU) data protection policies, block exemption...more

King & Spalding

European Union Member States Vote In Support Of The Privacy Shield

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On July 8, 2016, the European Union (“EU”) member states voted in support of the Privacy Shield through the Article 31 Committee, which is composed of representatives of the 28 member states. The Privacy Shield would replace...more

K&L Gates LLP

Brussels Regulatory Brief: September/October

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On 11 September, TeliaSonera and Telenor have abandoned the proposed merger of their business units in Denmark. The contemplated transaction would have resulted in the establishment of a joint venture active in the provision...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

EU safe harbor update

Last week, the Vienna Higher Regional Court ruled that most of Max Schrems’ claims against Facebook can proceed, including his claim that Facebook improperly allowed his personal information to be shared with the National...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Whom Should You Suspend During an Internal Investigation?

Whom to suspend during any Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation is always a delicate question to answer. Unfortunately there is never an easy answer. As the Volkswagen (VW) emission-testing scandal continues to...more

Stinson LLP

EU Strikes Down the Safe Harbor Framework for Transatlantic Data Transfers: What You Should Know and What to Do Next

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The European Court of Justice has declared invalid the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement that has governed EU data flows across the Atlantic for the last 15 years. Thousands of U.S. companies have relied on the Safe Harbor...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

EU safe harbor update

A lot has happened since the European Court of Justice’s declaration that the EU-US safe harbor framework is invalid. First, the Article 29 Working Party, an organization comprised of representatives from each data...more

BakerHostetler

Safe Harbor Is Dead, Long Live Standard Contractual Clauses?

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For the past 15 years, the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework has been one of the most popular data transfer mechanisms for organizations that engage in cross-border transfers of EU personal data to the United States. In the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

EU Working Party Issues Statement on CJEU’s Invalidation of Safe Harbor Framework

The European Court of Justice’s (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

EU Working Party Issues Statement on CJEU's Invalidation of Safe Harbor Framework

The European Court of Justice's (CJEU) recent decision striking down the EU-US Safe Harbor framework has created significant marketplace uncertainty and left companies scrambling for alternative cross-Atlantic data transfer...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance at the Tipping Point, Part V – Protection Afforded From a Compliance Program

Today, I wrap up my series on why I think compliance is at the Tipping Point. However as it is a Friday in October, I continue my tribute to the Man in the Shadows, producer Val Lewton, whose films for RKO had some of the...more

Cozen O'Connor

The “Other” Safe Harbor: OIG Warns Healthcare Providers and Vendors Against Information Blocking and Federal Anti-Kickback...

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For those of us who work in the privacy and security space this past week has been a whirlwind with focus on the ramifications of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision invalidating the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement....more

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Means, Other Than Safe Harbor, of Transferring Personal Data to the U.S. Potentially Vitiated?

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After the decision of October 6, 2015, of the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) invalidating the decision from the EU Commission (Decision 2000/520) on the Safe Harbor, transfer of personal data to the U.S. based on Standard...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Compliance at the Tipping Point, Part IV – The Schrems Decision

I continue my exploration of why I believe that compliance is at the Tipping Point, with today’s entry of data point four, which is last week’s decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the Schrems case. While most...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Privacy, Security, Risk: What You Missed At IAPP Conference

Earlier this month, privacy and security professionals from around the globe gathered for “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2015”—the second joint conference between the International Association of Privacy Professionals and the...more

Gray Reed

Why You Care The E.U. Struck Down Safe Harbor Data Protection And What to Do About it [Updated]

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Earlier this month the Court of Justice of the European Union struck down the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework which previously provided U.S. companies comfort in that they could follow the framework and know they were not...more

BakerHostetler

What Now? What Next? FAQs and Answers Regarding the Safe Harbor Decision

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As we discussed in our blog post last week, on October 6, 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment that invalidated the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework. For the past 15 years, thousands of companies...more

Nossaman LLP

No Port in a Storm: The United States’ Safe Harbor Is No More

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Europe is on the cutting-edge of privacy protections, and has been for quite some time. The European Directive on privacy, the Data Protection Directive, was adopted in 1995 and regulates the sharing and processing of...more

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Transfer of Employees’ Personal Data from Germany to the United States under German Data Privacy Law

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Following the ECJ’s decision in the “Schrems” case which has invalidated the Safe Harbor framework multinational corporations may now face profound privacy law related compliance issues in a multitude of jurisdictions. In the...more

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