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Safe Harbour will be replaced by an EU/US Privacy Shield – will it withstand Article 29 Working Party scrutiny?
By John Whelan
Following the CJEU decision in the Schrems Case on 6 October 2015 invalidating the Safe Harbour regime, the Article 29 Working Party (the group comprised of representatives of European national…
La Revue
EU-US Privacy Shield: New Framework for Transatlantic Data Flows Agreed Upon by EU and US Negotiators
After two years of negotiations, the European Commission (EU Commission) and the US Government have agreed upon a new data flow framework to replace the “Safe Harbor” program, the legal…
Datenschutz
Artikel 29-Datenschutzgruppe definiert Anforderungen an das künftige “EU-US Privacy Shield”
Mit Spannung war das Ergebnis der Verhandlungen zwischen EU und USA über ein "Safe Harbor 2.0"-Abkommen erwartet worden. Gestern hatte die EU-Kommission dann die Eckpunkte für das geplante "EU-US Privacy…
Privacy and Cybersecurity
We’re back, with our top five social media stories of 2015
By Susan Ross (US), Nerushka Bowan, Mayura Noordyke (US), NRF Digital Team
The Social Media Law Bulletin is back! The ongoing interest of our readers as well as the increasing impact of social media led us to re-launch the Social Media Law…
Proskauer on Privacy
Safe Harbor 2.0 Agreement Reached; New Program to be Named “Privacy Shield”
Yesterday, the European Commission announced that EU and US officials had reached an agreement to implement a program known as the EU-US Privacy Shield. Privacy Shield is designed to be…
La Revue
Le Safe Harbor est mort… Peut-on dire « vive le Privacy Shield » (le bouclier de protection de la vie privée) ?
Communiqué de presse de la Commission européenne du 2 février 2016 Déclaration du Groupe de l’article 29 du 3 février 2016 Après moultes péripéties, entrecoupées par l’invalidation du Safe Harbor…
Data Protection Report
EU-US Privacy Shield scrutinized in Article 29 Working Party initial response
By Marcus Evans, Jay Modrall (BE)
On February 3, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) released a statement on the consequences of the Schrems judgment, following an assessment of the legal framework and the practices…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Article 29 Working Party Issues Statement on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Other Data Transfer Mechanisms
On February 3, 2016, the Article 29 Working Party issued a statement on the consequences of the CJEU’s ruling in the Schrems case invalidating the European Commission’s Safe Harbor Decision.…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
International Data Transfers – The Uncertainty Continues
Following the announcement by the European Commission of the newly agreed EU-US Privacy Shield, the missing piece of the jigsaw was the Article 29 Working Party's stance on the adequacy…
Technology Law Dispatch
Safe Harbor re-launched as the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield” – but doubts are already raised that it will live to survive a battle
By Cynthia O’Donoghue, Daniel Kadar, Kate Brimsted, Dr. Thomas Fischl, Philip Thomas, Katalina Bateman, Doretta Frangaki, Caroline Gouraud, Chantelle Taylor, Thomas C. Evans, Dr. Alexander Hardinghaus
After what seemed like sure defeat, an agreement on Safe Harbor has apparently been reached. Dubbed the “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield”, the regime will, subject to approval processes, replace the existing…