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Inside Privacy
Article 29 Working Party Publishes Working Document Setting Out Cooperation Procedure for Issuing Common Opinions on Contractual Clauses
By Tom Jackson On November 26, 2014, the Article 29 Working Party adopted a working document setting out a cooperation procedure for issuing common opinions on contractual clauses considered as…
Workplace Privacy, Data Management & Security Report
On the Heels of FTC, FCC Joins GPEN to Better Watch Data Abroad
Data is rarely still. It is captured, processed and moved around the world at speeds we wouldn’t have dreamed possible 20 years ago. Data often disrespects borders. By way of…
Technology Law Dispatch
Article 29 Working Party supports recognition of Processor BCRs in the Data Protection Regulation
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Kate Brimsted
In June, the Article 29 Working Party (‘Working Party’) wrote to the President of the European Commission, setting out its case for including a reference to Binding Corporate Rules for…
The Data Advisor
EU Data Protection Regulators Issue Several Opinions on Key EU Data Protection Issues
By Christopher Kuner, Cédric Burton
The body of European data protection regulators known as the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) has been exceptionally prolific lately. In April 2014, WP29 adopted no less than five opinions…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Proposed Legislation Would Give EU Citizens Right to Sue in U.S. for Wrongful Disclosure of Personal Information
On June 25, 2014, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Obama Administration is looking to pass legislation that would give EU citizens a right to judicial redress in…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Five Reasons to Do BCRs Now
Whilst the reform of the EU data protection framework continues its tortuous course in Brussels' corridors of power, privacy pros in the real world are doing their best to cope…
Global Trade Law Blog
Data Privacy Alert: Prepare for Changes to the US-EU Safe Harbor
In the aftermath of disclosures of the extent of U.S. government monitoring of private communications, the European Commission is currently considering changes in the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework. The EU…
Technology Law Dispatch
Article 29 Working Party proposes clauses for data transfers from EU processors to non-EU subprocessors
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Kate Brimsted
This post was also written by Matthew N. Peters. As is well-known, personal data is restricted from leaving the EEA. On 21 March, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party (the…
Technology's Legal Edge
EU – International data transfers from processors to processors made easier, good news for cloud providers and outsourcers
By Patrick Van Eecke and Elisabeth Verbrugge Working Party 29 issued a working document on model clauses for personal data transfers from EU data processors to non-EU sub-processors. This is…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Article 29 Working Party Issues Draft Contractual Clauses for Transfers from EU Data Processors to Non-EU Data Sub-Processors
On March 21, 2014, the Article 29 Working Party issued a Working Document containing draft ad-hoc standard contractual clauses for personal data transfers by EU-based data processors to sub-processors outside…