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Data Transfer
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German IT Law
Data flows to the US: Why the EU Model Clauses may soon be no longer state of the art
By Lina Boecker
Not long after the “Safe Harbor” decision and in the same context (data transfer to the US by Facebook) the Irish Data Protection Commissioner has decided to bring the EU-US data…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Future-Proofing Privacy: International Data Transfers 2.0
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Part 9 of Future-Proofing Privacy: Future-Proofing Privacy: International Data Transfers 2.0. The Data Protection Directive and the Regulation both impose restrictions on the transfer of personal data by EU based…
Data Protection Report
Hamburg DPA’s Safe Harbor Fines Spell Further Uncertainty and Risk for Global Companies
On June 6, 2016, Johannes Caspar – the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection – announced that the Hamburg Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) fined three companies for relying on the invalidated…
Technology Law Dispatch
German Data Protection Authority fines companies for transferring data to the United States
By Dr. Alexander Hardinghaus, Dr. Thomas Fischl, Cynthia O’Donoghue, Daniel Kadar, Kate Brimsted, Philip Thomas, Katalina Bateman, Thomas C. Evans, Chantelle Taylor, Doretta Frangaki, Caroline Gouraud
Following the CJEU’s judgment of October 2015 invalidating the European Commission’s Safe Harbor Decision, the Data Protection Authority Hamburg ("DPA Hamburg") started investigations against 35 internationally operating companies in Hamburg.…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Untying the Global Dataflows Mess
One of Harry Houdini's most difficult tricks consisted of escaping from a nail-fastened and rope-bound wooden crate with manacles on his hands and feet, while submerged in New York's East…
La Revue
Privacy Shield : le Parlement européen demande l’amélioration de certains points
Résolution du parlement européen du 26 mai 2016 Le Parlement européen s’est prononcé de façon globalement positive sur le Privacy Shield[1] ou « bouclier de la vie privé », proposé en…
Technology Law Dispatch
International Data Transfers Face Further Setbacks: MEPs and the EDPS Reject the Privacy Shield & the Adequacy Challenge Spreads to EU Model Clauses
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Daniel Kadar, Kate Brimsted, Dr. Thomas Fischl, Philip Thomas, Katalina Bateman, Thomas C. Evans, Chantelle Taylor, Doretta Frangaki, Caroline Gouraud, Dr. Alexander Hardinghaus
The options available to EU organisations for lawfully transferring personal data from Europe to the United States appear to be dwindling. In particular, there have been further setbacks to the…
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El Parlamento Europeo encuentra deficiencias en el “Escudo de Privacidad”
By Gonzalo F. Gállego, Laur Badin, Patricia Suárez
El pasado 26 de mayo de 2016, el Parlamento Europeo emitió una resolución sobre el "Escudo de Privacidad", concluyendo que el mecanismo recientemente negociado es deficiente en diversos aspectos, lo…
La Revue
Transferts de données personnelles : possible examen de la validité des clauses types par la CJUE
Après l’invalidation du Safe Harbor qui concernait le transfert de données personnelles vers les USA , une nouvelle péripétie risque cette fois de fragiliser tous les transferts de données personnelles…
Password Protected
New Threat to Transatlantic Personal Data Transfers: Possible Invalidation of Standard Contractual Clauses
Since 2013 revelations about U.S. mass surveillance, the transfers of personal data between the EU and the U.S. have encountered regular legal threats: cancellation of the Safe Harbor by the…