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Safe Harbor
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HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Hogan Lovells Column in Law360 on Post-Snowden Fallout in the EU and Its Impact on US Privacy Relations
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
The bromide that people in glass houses should not throw stones comes to mind when one hears European Union authorities criticizing the U.S. privacy framework as a whole because of…
Technology Law Dispatch
U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Under Fire
As part of an on-going debate on the European data protection reform, doubts were cast over the adequacy of the Safe Harbor arrangements with the United States. Viviane Reding, the…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
German Data Protection Commissioners Push Government Towards Suspension of U.S. – EU Safe Harbor Regime
According to reports by the German business newspaper Handelsblatt, the German data protection commissioners have sent a letter to the German chancellor Angela Merkel, asking her to push the European…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Commissioner Reding Criticizes Safe Harbor Framework
On July 18-19, 2013, the European Union Justice and Home Affairs Council held an informal meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania, where Commissioner Viviane Reding openly criticized the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework.
La Revue
« Clarifications » concernant le Safe Harbor et le cloud computing
Le Département du commerce américain (« Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration ») a publié un document traitant de l’utilisation du Safe Harbor dans le cadre d’une prestation de cloud…
Tech Law Blog
US Department of Commerce clarifies how Safe Harbor Framework applies to Cloud Computing
The US Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) has provided some clarification regarding how the US-EU Safe Harbor Framework applies to cloud computing. The ITA does not believe…
IP Intelligence
Potential Bad News for UGC Music Sites: Pre-1972 Tracks May Not Be Covered By the DMCA’s Safe Harbor
Co-authored by: Julian Darwall When you think of “Peggy Sue” by Buddy Holly, “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry, and “My Girl” by the Temptations, you think classic, iconic, rock…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
Department of Commerce Provides Clarification Regarding the Safe Harbor Framework and Cloud Computing
On April 12, 2013, the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration issued a guidance document to clarify how the U.S.-European Union Safe Harbor Framework facilitates the transfer of personal data…
Global Media and Communications Watch
China’s Highest Court Clarifies Copyright Liability of Network Service Providers
By Gabriela Kennedy, Zhen Feng
On 17 December 2012, the Supreme People's Court (the "SPC") issued the Provisions on Relevant Issues Related to the Trial of Civil Cases involving Disputes over Infringement of the Right…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
New Misclassification Bill Introduced in Congress: The “Independent Contractor Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2012” Seeks to Eliminate “Safe Harbor” for Businesses
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
On December 12. 2012, Rep. Erik Paulsen (R. Minn.) introduced a bill that bears many similarities to a bill introduced earlier this year by 33 Democrats. The Independent Contractor Tax…