Privacy Shield
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 ...
Supplementing SCCs to Solve Surveillance Shortfalls
This article was originally published in the IAPP Daily Dashboard on August 19, 2020. By invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield but not rejecting wholesale the use of standard contractual clauses to transfer ...
Amazon Echo Exploit, Privacy Shield, Capital One Data Breach Update
In episode 134 for August 17th 2020: Details on new critical vulnerabilities found in Amazon Echo devices, what the end of the Privacy Shield framework means EU citizens personal data, and new ...
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 ...
Why U.S. Software Companies Don’t Have to Protect Our Data
Flaws such as the CLOUD Act’s ability to undermine the Privacy Shield mean our data can be sent to U.S. authorities and companies Since COVID-19, millions of people have been working from ...
Post-Brexit Cybersecurity – Implications on Risk and Uncertainty
Who knows what is going to happen with Brexit, or when the United Kingdom will officially leave the European Union, with a deal or not. (Although at the time I write these ...
Is the End of the EU-US Privacy Shield in Sight?
European Union data protection law restricts the transfer of EU-origin personal data to countries outside the European Economic Area unless there is a mechanism in place to ensure an adequate level of ...
