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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Schrems II Update: German SAs Require Additional Safeguards for U.S. Transfers and Max Schrems Set to Challenge Facebook Data Transfers Again
On July 28, 2020, German supervisory authorities issued a statement reiterating the requirement for additional safeguards when organizations rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or Binding Corporate Rules for the transfer…
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THE ‘Schrems II’ DECISION. WHAT NEXT
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the European Commission’s Decision 2016/1250/EC of July 12, 2016 on the adequacy of the EU-U.S. Privacy…
Eye On Privacy
EU Reaction to the Fall of Privacy Shield: The Rise of SCCs?
By Liisa Thomas, Rachel Tarko Hudson, Julia Kadish
Companies who transfer data from the EU to the U.S. are struggling to determine the appropriate basis under which they can make these transfers. Continuing our examination of the outcome…
Eye On Privacy
How to Rise from the Privacy Shield Ashes: A View from the U.S.
By Liisa Thomas, Rachel Tarko Hudson, Julia Kadish
U.S. companies are in a bind in the wake of the recent EU decision rejecting the validity of the Privacy Shield. While it is clear that the EU will not…
Data Security & Privacy
European High Court Invalidates Privacy Shield, but Upholds Standard Contractual Clauses for International Data Transfers Under the GDPR
By Anna Mercado Clark, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Europe’s restrictive data protection law, permits the transfer of personal data from the European Economic Area1 (EEA) to other countries only under limited circumstances.…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
ECJ Invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework
By Alaap B. Shah, Audrey Davis, Karen Mandelbaum, Matthew H. Berger
On July 7, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield framework in its ruling in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian…
La Revue
La CJUE condamne le Privacy Shield et sauve les Clauses Contractuelles Type, mais avec d’importantes mises en garde
Arrêt en grande chambre de la CJUE du 16 juillet 2020 dans l’affaire C‑311/18 (dite « Schrems II ») La CJUE a rendu le 16 juillet 2020 une décision…
Legal Health Information Exchange
Moving Forward after Privacy Shield’s Invalidation
On July 16, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) invalidated the Privacy Shield, one of the primary mechanisms used by U.S. companies to lawfully transfer personal data…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EDPB Adopts Information Note on BCRs in Preparation for Brexit
On July 22, 2020, the European Data Protection Board adopted an information note to assist organizations relying on Binding Corporate Rules for international personal data transfers, as well as supervisory…
Data Protection Report
Schrems II landmark ruling: our recommendations
By Marcus Evans, Lara White (UK), Shiv Daddar (UK), Janine Regan (UK), David Kessler (US), Susan Ross (US), Christoph Ritzer (DE)
On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its decision in the landmark case Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Ltd, Maximilian Schrems and…