data transfers

EDPB Wants Schrems II Compliance Now, but Clearer Guidance is Months Away
The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) plans to release further guidance in the coming months on specific steps that companies can take to export personal data from the European Economic Area to ...

Another Privacy Shield Bites the Dust
While not outright eliminating the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield, the Swiss Data Protection Authority, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), announced in a position paper on September 8, 2020 that he no longer ...

Privacy Shield Dies, SCCs Survive (With a Catch): CJEU
Today the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) ruled that: The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework (“Privacy Shield”) is no longer a valid mechanism for exportation of personal data from the ...

Shielding Data Privacy
The importance of data privacy has become more and more prevalent in the wider context of cyber-security. The recent case (known as Schrems II) heard by the Court of Justice for the ...