CJEU Advocate General Confirms Validity of EU Data Transfer Tools

By Laura Brodahl, Laura De Boel, Cédric Burton & Jan Dhont

February 5, 2020

On December 19, 2019, the Advocate General (AG) of the highest EU Court (the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)) issued his opinion in Schrems II[1] (the opinion). Wilson Sonsini previously covered the key points of the opinion in our Alert of December 20 and now provides a more detailed analysis in this contribution. At stake in this case is the validity of two key EU data transfers mechanisms, the Standard Contractual…

The WSGR Data Advisor

UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code Pending

By Josephine Jay, Lore Leitner & Laura Brodahl

November 1, 2019

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has confirmed that by November 23, 2019, it will present its Age Appropriate Design Code of Practice to the UK Parliament for approval. Unless Parliament objects, this mandatory code will be issued and in force (albeit with a transition period) as early as January 2020. The final code has been hotly anticipated since the call for input on the issue of age appropriate design in June 2018. Since then, the…

The WSGR Data Advisor

Belgian Facebook Case Referred to the European Court of Justice

By Laura Brodahl & Jan Dhont

May 13, 2019

On May 8, 2019, the Brussels Court of Appeal referred the Belgian Data Protection Authority’s (DPA) case against Facebook to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) to address jurisdictional issues regarding which DPA is competent to bring enforcement actions against Facebook. The case deals with Facebook’s collection of individuals’ data through cookies stored in Facebook’s social plugins. The Belgian DPA alleges that Facebook’s data collection is unlawful as it lacks valid consent and does not…

The WSGR Data Advisor

WSGR Event Recap: The State of Play in European Data Protection Law

By Laura Brodahl

May 7, 2019

On May 1, 2019, WSGR convened a panel of regulators and experts to discuss recent developments in European data protection law. The panel, moderated by Cédric Burton, featured Bruno Gencarelli, head of the International Data Flows and Protection Unit of the European Commission, Isabelle Vereecken, head of the Secretariat of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), and Dr. Christopher Kuner, senior privacy counsel at WSGR.…

The WSGR Data Advisor

Belgian Data Protection Authority Is Up and Running

By Laura Brodahl, Laura De Boel, Jan Dhont & Cédric Burton

April 26, 2019

On April 25, 2019, the new chairman and the four directors of the new Belgian data protection authority were sworn in before the Belgian Parliament. This marks a new era for data protection law in Belgium. Background Following the effective date of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25, 2018, the Belgian Privacy Commission was restructured into a Supervisory Authority under the GDPR, thus becoming the Belgian Data Protection Authority. It was given…

Laura Brodahl

CJEU Advocate General Confirms Validity of EU Data Transfer Tools

UK’s Age Appropriate Design Code Pending

Belgian Facebook Case Referred to the European Court of Justice

WSGR Event Recap: The State of Play in European Data Protection Law

Belgian Data Protection Authority Is Up and Running

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