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Eye On Privacy
EU and Japan Strike Tentative Data Transfer Deal
By Liisa Thomas
The EU and Japan have reached a “reciprocal adequacy” agreement to allow data to flow more easily between them. As part of a larger bilateral trade deal which included commitments…
Technology Law Dispatch
European Parliament calls for suspension of EU to U.S. data transfers under the Privacy Shield
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Karen Lee Lust
On 5 July 2018, the European Parliament demanded in a resolution that the European Commission suspends its EU-U.S. Privacy Shield unless the U.S. administration introduces adequate data protection safeguards by…
Byte Back
Say Goodnight Privacy Shield…
By Eric Levy
US relations with the European Union took another hit last week, when the European Parliament voted to suspend Privacy Shield, the agreement between the US and the EU that allows…
Focus on the Data
A Privacy Shield Enforcement Action: More to Come?
For the fourth time, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a consent agreement with a company for alleged misrepresentations regarding Privacy Shield certification. A California-based company, ReadyTech Corporation, agreed…
Password Protected
Another Ultimatum on the EU-US Privacy Shield
The EU-US Privacy Shield is one of the legal mechanisms enabling the transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area to US companies that have self-certified to a number…
Privacy World
Scrutiny of EU-US Privacy Shield
On 12 June 2018, the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (the ‘Committee’) of the European Parliament passed a Resolution, with a vote of 29 votes in favour, 25…
Inside Cybersecurity & Privacy Law
GDPR: European Data Protection Board Adopts Final Guidelines on Derogations Under Art. 49 and Draft Guidelines on Certification Under Art. 42
By Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros
The European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") held its first plenary meeting on May 25, 2018, the same day the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") came into force. The EDPB…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
EDPB Published Guidelines on Certification and Derogations under the GDPR
On May 30, 2018, the European Data Protection Board published the final version of guidelines on derogations in the context of international data transfers and draft guidelines on certification under…
Eye On Privacy
DoC Comments on Privacy Shield In Advance of GDPR
By Liisa Thomas, Matthew Turetzky
The Department of Commerce issued an update to explain how it has supported the E.U.-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield frameworks. As we have written previously, the Shield gives E.U. companies a…
High-Tech Law Blog
Consent Issues Under GDPR
The GDPR requires consent as a basis for a company to transfer personal data. Prior to the GDPR, EU Directive 94/46/EC only required “opt out” consent, which could be implicit.…