On 10 July 2023, the European Commission announced a major development1 in EU-U.S. personal data transfer relations by adopting a long-anticipated adequacy decision2 for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (“DPF”). The...more
7/12/2023
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
National Security ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Safe Harbors ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has recently ruled that the private copying exception contained in the Information Society Directive (the “Directive”) applies to works stored in space made available to...more
More than three months after the landmark Schrems II decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has issued its recommendations on “supplemental measures” to...more
11/16/2020
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses
In a statement from Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs and Communications, Nick Clegg, the social media giant confirmed that the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has commenced an inquiry into data transfers from the EU to...more
Key Takeaways -
The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield does not ensure an adequate level of protection of personal data and is therefore not a lawful basis for data transfers to the U.S....more
7/24/2020
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Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Commission ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Risk Assessment ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
US-EU Safe Harbor Framework
The fashion industry, and designers more generally, has received some welcome clarification of when clothing may attract protection under copyright law....more
The Advocate General (AG) says the standard contractual clauses (SCCs) are valid but, where circumstances in the destination third country mean the SCCs would be breached or impossible to abide by, there is an obligation on...more
12/23/2019
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Advocate General ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Data Protection ,
Duty of Care ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Exports ,
Facebook ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Importers ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Liability ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Popular ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Risk Management ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Supervisors ,
Trade Suspensions
The Irish High Court recently asked the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to rule on the validity of “standard contractual clauses” as a basis for transferring personal data out of the European Economic Area...more
10/11/2017
/ Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU Data Protection Laws ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Economic Area (EEA) ,
Exports ,
Facebook ,
Ireland ,
Personal Data ,
Schrems I & Schrems II ,
Standard Contractual Clauses ,
Validity
As the UK Government embarks on its journey of disentangling the UK from EU law and the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), it is simultaneously continuing in its efforts to join a new...more
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has blurred the lines between primary and secondary copyright infringement in a decision concerning hyperlinks to leaked photos of a Dutch celebrity’s Playboy photoshoot. For...more
10/26/2016
/ Commercial Use ,
Consent ,
Content Publishing ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
EU ,
Freedom of Expression ,
Freely Available Online Content ,
Hyperlink ,
Internet ,
Mens Rea ,
Photographs ,
Playboy ,
Popular ,
Public Communications ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Republication ,
Takedown Notices