Privacy Shield
Schrems II – EDPB FAQs response
27 July 2020 - Jane Finlayson-Brown
Further to last week’s landmark decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Case -311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximillian Schrems (Schrems II) invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield data transfer mechanism, European data protection regulators have been discussing their response and EU data exporters have been waiting. › Read More
CJEU invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield framework and upholds EC Standard Contractual Clauses
17 July 2020 - Nigel Parker
On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) issued a landmark decision in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (commonly referred to as Schrems II). The CJEU invalidated the European Commission’s (the EC) adequacy decision on the EU-US Privacy Shield and upheld the general › Read More
Schrems II : What Might We Expect on 16 July?
09 July 2020 - David Smith
Thursday 16 July promises to be a red letter day in the data protection world, at least for those of us with an interest in international transfers of personal data. This is when the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said that it will announce its long awaited decision in the Schrems › Read More
28 August 2018 - Microsoft , Privacy Shield , SCA , US CLOUD Act Natalie Young
Earlier this year, Congress passed the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (“CLOUD”) Act. The CLOUD Act is significant because it allows US law enforcement authorities to access the data of US companies held abroad and could allow foreign governments who have entered into an executive agreement with the US to obtain data stored by › Read More
07 November 2016 - David Smith
I had the pleasure of attending the 38th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners in Marrakech. Although, for the first time, I wasn’t eligible to take part in the first day and a half of the conference, which is a closed session for accredited data protection authorities, I was able to participate in › Read More
European Parliament voices concerns on the EU-US Privacy Shield
27 May 2016 - Peter van Dyck
On 26 May 2016, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the EU-US Privacy Shield. The European Parliament starts by stressing the importance of the economic relationship between the EU and the US, citing a total transatlantic trade in 2014 valued at USD 1,09 trillion. As such, the European Parliament underlines that having a streamlined › Read More