The European Data protection Board (“EDPB”), which is composed of representatives of the national data protection authorities, and the European Data Protection Supervisor, adopted its report on the second annual review of the...more
2/4/2019
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Reports ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Surveillance ,
Transparency ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
On January 18th, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released its Annual Privacy and Data Security Update, recapping its enforcement actions, workshops, and other privacy and data security activities in 2017.
Enforcement...more
On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission (“Commission”) published its report and other working documents (“Report”) on its first annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”). The Report summarizes that...more
On February 20, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party released procedures and a template complaint form for implementing the EU-US Privacy Shield. The procedures govern the functioning of the informal data protection authority...more
On February 22, 2017, the FTC settled charges with three companies that, according to the FTC, deceptively claimed that they participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Cross-Border Privacy Rules (APEC CBPR). The...more
The EU’s Article 29 Working Party (WP29) held a plenary meeting in early December 2016. At the meeting, the WP29 adopted guidelines and issued FAQs relating to the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR’s) provisions...more
The Privacy Shield framework is a voluntary program that provides companies with a mechanism for complying with EU data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the EU to the US. The framework is open to...more
The European Commission formally adopted the EU-US Privacy Shield on July 12, 2016, ending months of legal uncertainty with a new framework for governing transatlantic data transfers after the Privacy Safe Harbor framework...more
7/13/2016
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Data Retention ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Policy ,
Self-Certification ,
Surveillance ,
Third-Party ,
U.S. Commerce Department
After months of back and forth, an updated version of the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement originally announced in February is on the verge of being formally adopted on Tuesday, July 12, 2016. While the final documents...more
On Monday, February 29th, the European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce released a collection of documents summarizing actions taken on both sides of the Atlantic to implement the new Privacy Shield framework. This...more
3/2/2016
/ Article 29 Working Group ,
Data Protection Authority ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Self-Certification ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework