Topic
Binding Corporate Rules
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Employee Benefits Blog
Binding Corporate Rules as a Global Solution for Data Transfer
by Rohan Massey and Heather Egan Sussman All multinational companies are constantly transferring data relating to identified or identifiable human beings (data subjects). Data is moved between different parts of the…
Technology Law Dispatch
Binding Corporate Rules for Processors
The Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) has issued a Working Document intended as a “toolbox” for the use of Binding Corporate Rules (“BCRs”) for Processors aimed at both…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Article 29 Working Party Issues Opinion on Processor Binding Corporate Rules
On June 6, 2012, the Article 29 Working Party adopted WP 195, setting out the requirements for processor Binding Corporate Rules. The Opinion likely will be welcomed by processors, in…
La Revue
BCR sous-traitants : enfin !
Le groupe de l’article 29 vient enfin d’adopter les nouvelles règles contraignantes d’entreprise (BCR) pour les prestataires de services/sous-traitants !
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Blogging from IAPP London: BCRs Key to Accountability and Interoperability
Are BCRs the key to global interoperability? Some think so at the IAPP London conference. This post discusses opinions from conference presenters -- will BCRs will become more and more…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Hunton & Williams on the BCR Forefront
Shortly before Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, gave her keynote address on binding corporate rules (“BCRs”) at the IAPP Europe…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Belgium Simplifies the Authorization Procedure for Binding Corporate Rules
On July 13, 2011, the Belgian Privacy Commission signed a Protocol with the Ministry of Justice which significantly simplifies the authorization procedure for binding corporate rules under Belgian law. The…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Polish DPA Hosts First Conference on BCRs in Warsaw
On June 13, 2011, the Polish Data Protection Authority hosted a conference on the use of binding corporate rules for international data transfers.
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
UK Regulator Approves Hyatt Hotels BCR – First Approval under the Mutual Recognition Procedure
On September 23, 2009, the Information Commissioner's Office (the "ICO"), the UK's data protection regulator, issued a press release announcing the approval of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation's binding corporate rules…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EU: New FAQs on Binding Corporate Rules
On April 27, 2009, the Article 29 Working Party issued a new working document (WP 155 rev.04) on frequently asked questions relating to binding corporate rules ("BCRs"). Two new FAQs…