Topic
Data Transfer
1,085 published works
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
COVID-19 and EU Data Transfer Adequacy Decisions
By Odia Kagan
The European Law Blog posts on how COVID-19 related data collection activities in third countries should affect EU data transfer adequacy decisions. "The data collection and processing measures taken in…
Privacy World
Public Consultation in France on the Transposition of the European Electronic Communications Code (Directive 2018/1972 of December 11, 2018)
The French government has launched a public consultation on the transposition of Directive (EU) 2018/1972 December 11, 2018, establishing the EU Electronic Communications Code (EECC), which must be transposed before…
Workforce Compliance Insights
Privacy Shield and the United Kingdom
Now that the United Kingdom is (finally) exiting the European Union (EU) one question U.S. based companies have is what happens to transfers of personal data from the United Kingdom…
The Data Advisor
CJEU Advocate General Confirms Validity of EU Data Transfer Tools
By Laura Brodahl, Laura De Boel, Cédric Burton, Jan Dhont
On December 19, 2019, the Advocate General (AG) of the highest EU Court (the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)) issued his opinion in Schrems II[1] (the opinion).…
Privacy Compliance & Data Security
Could California Earn Its Own Data Transfer Adequacy Status With the EU?
By Odia Kagan
"Adequacy" seems to be the hardest word. On the brink of Brexit and the UK becoming a "third country" without a so called "adequacy" status for the cross border transfer…
Inside Privacy
Dutch Court Decides on Scope of GDPR Right of Access
By Kristof Van Quathem, Nicholas Shepherd
In late December 2019, the Court of The Hague (Netherlands) published a preliminary reference procedure (see here, in Dutch). The Court was asked to decide on the scope of the…
RopesDataPhiles
Schrems II and Standard Contractual Clauses – the Advocate-General’s Opinion
The Opinion of Advocate-General (AG) Henrik Saugmandsgaardøe in the “Schrems II” case (C-311-18) was delivered on 19 December and will likely leave organisations, which currently rely on EC Commission-approved standard…
#alalimón
Cláusulas Contractuales Tipo tras la Opinión del Abogado General en Schrems II: Válidas pero, ¿eficaces en la práctica?
"No es oro todo lo que reluce": Es esta una advertencia que debe tener muy presente aquel que lea la Opinión del Abogado General Saugmandsgaard Øe (del Tribunal de Justicia…
Consumer Protection Connection
The EU Advocate General Opinion is Out: Standard Contractual Clauses are Valid
By Sheila Millar, Tracy Marshall
Businesses that rely on standard contractual clauses (SSCs) to transfer personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) just got good news. The long-awaited decision from the EU Advocate General…
Data Protection Report
Schrems II: AG deems SCCs valid but comes up with difficult new obligations and expresses “doubts” over privacy shield
By Marcus Evans, Christoph Ritzer (DE), Janine Regan (UK), David Kessler (US)
What has happened? Yesterday, the Advocate General (“AG”) concluded that, in his opinion, the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) are a valid mechanism to transfer personal data outside of the…