On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a decision that uprooted long-standing legal frameworks on which thousands of US and EU companies have relied to transfer personal data from the EU to the...more
The UK Government has published its report entitled "Cyber Security Regulation and Incentives Review"), which sets out its intentions following Brexit on the implementation of the Network and Information Security Directive...more
At the start of February, the European Commission announced it had finally struck a deal with the US Department of Commerce on Safe Harbor's replacement. Below, we address some of the key questions organisations are asking...more
3/3/2016
/ Article 29 Working Party (WP29) ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Personal Data ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Until its invalidation in October last year, many businesses relied on the EU-US Safe Harbor framework as a safe passage for transatlantic data flow. After months of negotiating, a new deal has been reached, renamed the...more
Last week Europe's highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEEA) declared the Safe Harbor framework invalid. Many life sciences and biotech companies relied on Safe Harbor to legitimise transfers of...more
10/13/2015
/ Best Practices ,
Binding Corporate Rules ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Model Contracts ,
Safe Harbors ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On 23 September 2015, Advocate General (AG) Bot found that the Safe Harbor framework, which allowed for the "safe" transfer of personal data from the EU to the US, did not provide sufficient guarantees for the protection of...more