Last week, we posted a brief account of the two challenges that have been filed in the General Court of the Court of Justice of the European Union challenging the […]
Two legal challenges have been filed at the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) against the European Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. Privacy Shield was […]
Artificial intelligence has been hailed for the promise of breakthrough innovations but also the object of concern by such notable voices as Bill Gates, Stephen Hawkins, and Elon Musk. To […]
The European Commission has drafted amendments to the adequacy decisions that underpin the European Union’s Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) that allow businesses to transfer personal data originating in the European […]
Now that we are into September, you may be hearing more about the Privacy Shield for transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S., and in particular the […]
The Article 29 Working Party, on July 26, 2016 issued a statement on the final form of the EU-US Privacy Shield, which was formally adopted on July 12, 2016. Speaking […]
After many months of negotiation and review the EU-US Privacy Shield was formally adopted by the European Commission on July 12, 2016. This came just a few days after the […]
The final text of the much anticipated EU-US Privacy Shield has been sent by the European Commission for review and approval to the Article 31 Committee, which includes representatives from […]
*This article first appeared in Forbes on July 1, 2016. So now the European Union’s “sceptered isle” has voted to sever its bonds with its continental partners – with the […]
As the world began to grapple with the implications of the UK’s vote to withdraw from the European Union, or “Brexit,” the UK Information Commissioner has sought to provide reassurance, […]