The Privacy Officers’ New Year’s Resolutions

By Marcus Evans (UK) & Janine Regan (UK)

January 6, 2020

1. Brace yourself (for export turbulence) 2020 could well be a year of data export turmoil – so brace yourself. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) will determine the validity of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) (Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillan Schrems) whilst the General Court of the EU will consider the future of Privacy Shield (La Quadrature du Net v Commission). The Advocate General (AG) delivered his…

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Record Retention is a Key Component of Your Privacy and Cyber Compliance Program

By Marcus Evans (UK), Janine Regan (UK), Christoph Ritzer (DE), Andrea D'Ambra (US) & David Kessler (US)

December 23, 2019

This blogpost summarises our recent webinar: “An urgent message from Berlin: The importance of record retention in privacy and cybersecurity”.…

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Schrems II: AG deems SCCs valid but comes up with difficult new obligations and expresses “doubts” over privacy shield

By Marcus Evans (UK), Christoph Ritzer (DE), Janine Regan (UK) & David Kessler (US)

December 20, 2019

What has happened? Yesterday, the Advocate General (“AG”) concluded that, in his opinion, the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) are a valid mechanism to transfer personal data outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”). However, the AG suggested new obligations for those using SCCs. They need to examine the national security laws of the country of the data importer to determine whether they can in fact comply with the terms of SCCs.…

Janine Regan (UK)

The Privacy Officers’ New Year’s Resolutions

Record Retention is a Key Component of Your Privacy and Cyber Compliance Program

Schrems II: AG deems SCCs valid but comes up with difficult new obligations and expresses “doubts” over privacy shield

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