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EDPB Adopts Opinion on the Use of Processors and Sub-processors

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On October 7, 2024, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) adopted an opinion on obligations following from the use of processors and sub-processors (the “Opinion”). The EDPB is the body that seeks to ensure harmonised...more

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The Sedona Conference Commentary on Proportionality in Cross-Border Discovery: A Brief Overview | Epiq

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The Sedona Conference (TSC) and its Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery, and Disclosure recently published their Commentary on Proportionality in Cross-Border Discovery (Commentary)...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Can Privacy Be Bought? How Scrutiny of Meta’s Subscription Model Has Wider Implications –PART II

In Part I, we discussed the European Commission’s (“Commission”) disapproval of Meta’s “pay or consent” subscription model. In Part II, we delve into the European Commission’s findings, prior findings by the European Data...more

A&O Shearman

European Commission takes preliminary view that social media platform’s ‘pay or consent’ model does not comply with the DMA

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On 1 July 2024, the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) announced its preliminary findings in an investigation of a leading social media platform, concluding that its ‘pay or consent’ advertising model implemented in the...more

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The French Law on the Regulation of Games Including NFT is Passed: Place Your Bets

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We have been talking about it since last year: the bill to secure and regulate the digital space ("SREN") has now been passed. The legislative process leading up to the enactment of the SREN bill has been slow (as a reminder:...more

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Guernsey data protection series – international data transfers

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This briefing is a part of a Walkers series on the Data Protection (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2017 (the "DPL"), and deals with the transfer of personal data outside Guernsey. A "data transfer" occurs when an individual's...more

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European Data Protection Board adopts report on Data Protection Officers

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The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a report on the challenges faced by Data Protection Officers (DPOs) (the Report) on 16 January 2024. This Report follows a coordinated investigation involving 25 EEA...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Privacy and AI in Israel and worldwide: a look to 2024

During 2023, privacy protection and artificial intelligence regulation continued apace and their implications continued to be a major focus in Israel and around the world. In Israel, this was reflected in a number of...more

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What Does the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Mean for Your Business?

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If you have been doing business with entities in the European Union, chances are that you have struggled to figure out how to transfer data from the EU to the US without running afoul of the General Data Protection Regulation...more

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US and EU Approve Framework for Personal Data Transfers

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The United States ("U.S.") and the European Union ("EU") have settled on a framework for transfers of personal data for the first time since the European Court of Justice ("CJEU") effectively invalidate the EU-U.S. Privacy...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

EMA Finalizes Guidance on Safeguarding PPD and CCI in Clinical Trial Filings in the European Economic Area (EEA)

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) published Version 1.1 of its “Guidance on how to approach the safeguarding of personal protected data (“PPD”) and commercially confidential information (“CCI”) while using the Clinical...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

European Commission’s Adequacy Decision Paves the Way for U.S. Companies to Begin Enrolling in the E.U.-U.S. Data Privacy...

The U.S. Department of  Commerce’s Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program website  went live on  July 17, and contains guidance documents for those companies wanting to know the costs and benefits of enrollment in the DPF...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

European Data Protection Board Focuses Coordinated Enforcement on Data Protection Officers

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Organisations should expect increased scrutiny and enforcement activity around the role of data protection officers in the coming year. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has announced that its coordinated...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Health Data in the EU and UK – Regulatory Trends and Developments

In light of the increasing number of enforcement incidents under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), organisations active in the Health and Life Sciences sectors in the United Kingdom, the European Union (EU) and...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

2022: Trends in Israeli and International Privacy Regulations

2022 saw significant regulatory developments in the field of privacy protection in Israel and throughout the world. These developments directly affect companies whose business activities in Israel and internationally involve...more

Hogan Lovells

Impact of European Commission support for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework and next steps

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On 13 December 2022, the European Commission (“EC”) published its draft adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”) that is intended to foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by...more

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EU-U.S. and UK-U.S. Data Transfer Deals Advance with White House Executive Order

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A new legal mechanism to allow for transfers of personal data between the EU and the U.S. is now advancing after an October 7th, 2022 Executive Order was issued by U.S. President Biden (the “Executive Order”). The new...more

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Biden Executive Order Supports New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework for Trans-Atlantic Transfers of Data

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In July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield invalid. The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program was designed to provide European Economic Area (EEA) data transferred to the U.S....more

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RODO – ostatni moment na dostosowanie klauzul umownych w przypadku przekazywania danych do państw trzecich

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Przekazywanie danych do państw trzecich dotyczy sytuacji, w których administrator lub podmiot przetwarzający dane osobowe dokonuje transferu danych osobowych do państwa trzeciego, czyli do państwa spoza Europejskiego Obszaru...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

French and Italian Data Protection Authorities Take Issue with Google Analytics: Analysis and Key Takeaways

Google Analytics remains a hot topic for businesses and apparently also for data protection authorities (DPAs). With the advent of these new decisions and the new CNIL guidance, businesses have an even harder time justifying...more

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EU – EDPB comments on the upcoming EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

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On 6 April 2022, following the announcement of the political agreement on a new EU-US Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework having been reached between the European Commission and the United States on 25 March 2022, the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

GDPR Update – US and EEA May Have a Deal for “Privacy Shield 2.0”

On Friday, March 25, 2022, US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen jointly announced that a deal has been reached to replace the former Privacy Shield framework governing data transfers...more

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UK Proposes New Standard Contractual Clauses for Data Transfers to Third Countries

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EU and UK data protection rules each restrict transfers of personal data to third countries not regarded as having an adequate level of protection, such as the United States, China, Russia and India....more

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International Data Transfers under the UK GDPR: International Data Transfer Agreement and Addendum laid before Parliament

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Businesses that transfer personal data to and from the United Kingdom will soon have clarity regarding transfers from the UK to recipients outside the EU/EEA. On February 2, 2022, the United Kingdom Secretary of State...more

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Major Overhaul of EU Clinical Trial Rules Kicks In on 31 January 2022

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On 31 January 2022, the EU Clinical Trial Regulation (CTR) will come into application, almost 8 years after its adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU. The CTR will radically change the regulatory...more

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