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EDPB Provides Guidance On Determining A 'Main Establishment' And The 'One-Stop-Shop' Mechanism

Mayer Brown on 2/29/2024

The opinion was issued in response to a request by the French Data Protection Authority and provides guidance on the conditions for determining a controller's main establishment where that controller has establishments in...more

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

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 1/29/2024

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

Dechert Cyber Bits - Issue 24

Dechert LLP on 11/11/2022

U.S. Government Releases Guide of ‘Minimum Baseline’ Cybersecurity Practices for Protecting Critical Infrastructure - The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) has released a guide to help organizations...more

2021 Data Privacy Overview: New Regulations and Guidance

Lighthouse on 1/12/2022

While everyone hoped that 2021 would be less tumultuous than 2020, it certainly did not turn out that way in the end. The same was true in the world of data privacy – with sweeping new data protection regulations and guidance...more

BCLP Global Data Privacy FAQs: What counts as a “transfer” of data under the EU GDPR? New draft EU Guidelines released

BCLP on 12/2/2021

It is well known that the EU GDPR (specifically, Chapter V) restricts transfers of personal data from the EU to a “third country” (i.e. a jurisdiction outside the EEA) or to an international organisation. But what is meant by...more

European Commission Refreshes Standard Contractual Clauses

Knobbe Martens on 7/14/2021

The European Commission (“EC”) has long sought to improve data privacy for Europeans, even when they interact with global or non-European companies. Laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (or “GDPR”) seek to...more

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) Finalises Guidance on International Transfers of Personal Data Following Europe’s Top...

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/30/2021

The guidance outlines how organisations should approach international transfers and confirms examples of supplemental measures that can be adopted to ensure ongoing compliance and seeking to de-mystify earlier uncertainty. ...more

EU Data Protection Regulators Adopt Guidance on Personal Data Transfers

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 6/23/2021

Many organizations around the world – and particularly companies in the United States – are directly affected by the EU Court of Justice’s July 2020 Schrems II decision casting doubt on the lawfulness of transferring personal...more

Data Transfers from Europe: New Draft SCCs Published and Regulator Guidance Issued on Schrems II Privacy Shield Decision

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/25/2020

The EDPB has issued recommendations concerning how organisations may lawfully transfer personal data from Europe to “third countries” (e.g., the U.S. and currently the UK from 1.1.2021) in light of the recent Schrems II...more

New Guidelines for EU-US Data Transfers

Foley Hoag LLP on 11/20/2020

Last week saw major innovations in the law of data transfer from the European Economic Area (EEA) to other countries, including the United States. This alert covers one of them: new guidelines from the European Data...more

No Silver Linings: EDPB Issues a Grim Forecast on U.S.-Based Cloud and Data Access with New Guidance

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 11/19/2020

On November 10, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued highly anticipated guidance intended to clarify how data exporters could legally transfer data to “third countries” under GDPR following the Schrems II...more

EDPB issues comprehensive Schrems II guidance, including recommended supplemental measures to protect international data transfers

Hogan Lovells on 11/12/2020

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued its long-awaited practical guidance following the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) landmark Schrems II decision....more

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/17/2020

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert l March 2020

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 3/10/2020

Shook Weighs in on Updated CCPA Regulations - In response to extensive public comment, the California Attorney General’s office released modified draft regulations under the CCPA on February 7. Shook has provided initial...more

Cybersecurity 2020 – The Year in Preview: New Guidance Continues to Clarify GDPR’s Scope

Foley Hoag LLP - Security, Privacy and the... on 1/14/2020

Editors’ Note: This is the sixth in our fourth-annual end-of-year series examining important trends in data privacy and cybersecurity in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed the CCPA, energy, Brexit, health care...more

Revised Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR and Local Representatives

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints on 12/2/2019

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently published an updated version of its guidelines on the territorial scope of the GDPR, which were initially issued just over a year ago. The revised Guidelines do not...more

GDPR Guide to National Implementation - A practical guide to national GDPR compliance requirements across the EEA

White & Case LLP on 11/14/2019

Foreword - European data protection laws have made significant strides in the last two decades. Privacy and data protection laws have undergone dramatic changes over the last 20 years, in a race to keep up with technology....more

UK Information Commissioner’s Office releases guidance on data protection and ‘no-deal’ Brexit

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 10/17/2019

Report on Supply Chain Compliance, Volume 2, no. 19 (October 10, 2019) - As the possibility of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit becomes more likely, U.K. organizations are preparing for the worst: a clean and final break from the...more

CNIL Issues Record-Keeping Guidance

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/30/2019

Under GDPR, companies are required to keep certain records of their processing activities. There has been some question about the types of records controllers should keep. To help clarify the questions arising from many...more

Privacy and Data Security Alert | August 2019

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 8/6/2019

French Data Protection Authority Issues Guidelines on Cookie Use - CNIL, France’s data protection authority, has released new rulesfor obtaining consumer consent under the GDPR for companies using cookies and other tracking...more

Regulator prohibits use of transaction data for marketing purposes

White & Case LLP on 7/22/2019

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has written to the Dutch Banking Association to state that processing customers' transaction data for direct marketing purposes may not be in compliance with the General Data Protection...more

Guidelines on the Certification Mechanisms under the GDPR

White & Case LLP on 7/5/2019

The European Data Protection Board ("EDPB") has published guidelines on the use of the certification mechanism under the GDPR. Certifications are intended to help businesses provide evidence of compliance with the GDPR. The...more

New Guidelines on GDPR’s Territorial Scope

Polsinelli on 11/28/2018

The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) recently released Guidelines 3/2018 on the territorial scope of the GDPR (Article 3). ...more

Requirements for valid consent – Why opting-in should not be optional

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/4/2016

The Düsseldorfer Kreis, a committee made up of representatives of German data protection authorities, recently published guidance on the requirements for obtaining valid consent to the collection, processing and use of...more

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