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Privacy Matters
US / EU: US Supreme Court overturns Humphrey’s Executor: Implications for independent agencies and US–EU data transfers
By Daniel Caprio, Hayley Curry, Alexa Smith, John Magee
The United States Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter significantly alters the constitutional framework governing independent regulatory agencies and may have implications for transatlantic personal data transfers. The six-to-three decision overturns Humphrey's…
Privacy Matters
Europe: EDPS finds that the European Commission has infringed data protection rules
By Rachel de Souza, Anna Rivera
On 11 March 2024, following an investigation, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) announced that the European Commission's (Commission) use of a major software company infringes the data protection law…
Technology Law Dispatch
Third Time’s a Charm: European Commission adopts EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Asélle Ibraimova, Dr. Andreas Splittgerber, Christian Leuthner, Friederike Wilde-Detmering, Sven Schonhofen
Background The European Commission (EC) issued the long-awaited adequacy decision for the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Framework) on July 10, 2023. The Court of Justice of the European Union…
The Data Advisor
EU and U.S. Finalize Data Privacy Framework: Here’s How to Get Certified
By Christopher Kuner, Laura De Boel, Nikolaos Theodorakis, Carol Evrard, Maneesha Mithal, Tom Evans, Matthew Nuding, Yann Padova, Cédric Burton
On July 10, 2023, the European Commission (EC) adopted an adequacy decision in relation to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF). This paves the way for organizations to certify to the DPF,…
The Data Advisor
Meta Receives Record 1.2 Billion EUR Fine and Is Ordered to Suspend Its EU-U.S. Data Transfers
On May 22, 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its long-awaited decision in the Meta EU-U.S. data transfer case (Decision). In its landmark Decision, the DPC imposed a record…
Lawels Blog
Shaping the International Data Privacy Framework: the Us-Adequacy Decision After President Biden’s Executive Order And The Future Of Transatlantic Data Transfers
Author: Annalisa Ricchiuti, LL.M in Intellectual Property and Competition Law-Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC), 2020-2021 Editor: Bobbie Smith, MA Geography University of Aberdeen 2016-2020 / Graduate Diploma in Law…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Debevoise & Plimpton Discusses Executive Order Paving Way for New EU-U.S. Data Transfer Framework
By Robert Maddox, Friedrich Popp, Tristan Lockwood, Melissa Muse, Mengyi Xu
On October 7, 2022, U.S. President Biden signed Executive Order 14086 on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (the “Order”). The administrative Order creates new protections applicable to…
Cleary Cybersecurity and Privacy Watch
The New Commission SCCs for Data Transfers under GDPR – More Questions than Answers?
By Daniel Ilan, Gareth Kristensen, Louie Ka Chun, Natascha Gerlach, Federica Mammì Borruto
The past few years have brought monumental changes to how we handle international data transfers from the EU. Schrems I, GDPR, Schrems II, Brexit and now the new Standard Contractual…
Inside Global Tech
European Commission Publishes Draft UK Adequacy Decisions
On February 19, 2021, the European Commission published two draft decisions finding that UK law provides an adequate level of protection for personal data. The first would allow private companies…
Proskauer on Privacy
One Cross-Border Mechanism Invalid, Another Upheld: Thoughts after the CJEU’s Schrems II Decision
By Ryan Blaney
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield, ruling, among…