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Camera Company Will Pay $2.95 Million to Settle Security Claims
Verkada, a manufacturer and retailer of security cameras, has settled FTC accusations of lax security measures. The company sells its products to businesses, including schools and medical facilities. It markets…
The Global Privacy Watch
Adequacy for the US (kind of) – But What Are the Side Effects?
By John Tomaszewski, Jason Priebe, Yana Komsitsky
On July 10th, the European Commission issued its Implementing Decision regarding the adequacy of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The Decision has been eagerly awaited by US and Europe…
Privacy Matters
European Commission adopts new adequacy decision for EU-US data flows
Authors: Jim Sullivan, Rachel De Souza, Heidi Waem, John Magee and David Brazil On 10 July 2023, the European Commission adopted its long-awaited adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
EDPB Issues Opinion on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: Key Takeaways
By Odia Kagan
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued a long-awaited opinion on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Here are some key takeaways: The Commercial Part: The scope of the exemptions to the…
Data Law Insights
EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework – Draft Adequacy Decision by the European Commission: The Long-Awaited Replacement of the Privacy Shield?
The European Commission launched the formal process to adopt an adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework on December 13, 2022. The framework will replace the Privacy Shield, which…
Privacy World
Third Time Lucky or Schrems III? The European Union Data Pact with the US Moves One Step Closer (To Be Challenged – Again)
The European Commission (the “Commission”) published today its draft adequacy decision for the US (the “Draft Decision”). This paves the way for an institutionalized personal data transfer mechanism across the…
Data Protection Report
Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities: Paving the way toward adequacy
By Shiv Daddar (UK), Marcus Evans, Lara White (UK)
As reported in our previous blogpost, on 7 October 2022, the US White House published an Executive Order on enhancing safeguards for United States signals intelligence activities (EO). In this…
Privacy World
We Have an EO, but Not (Yet) a New Transfer Mechanism
By Lucija Vranesevic, Alan Friel, David Naylor
Background On October 7, 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (the Executive Order), introducing new safeguards to protect…
Eye On Privacy
EU To Review New EU-US Data Transfers Framework
By Liisa Thomas
President Biden signed a new executive order on Friday, with a framework that seeks to replace the existing Privacy Shield program. That program was found to be an invalid mechanism…
Privacy Zone
Biden Signs Executive Order Implementing Privacy-Shield Replacement for EU-US Data Transfers
Today, October 7, 2022, President Joe Biden signed an executive order implementing a new privacy framework for data being shared between Europe and the United States. The new framework is…