Since the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield in 2016, replacing Safe Harbor, more than 2,000 companies have signed up for the new framework to avoid infringing on European privacy rights. Now
[Read More]In the June 2016 blog German Privacy Regulator Makes Its Mark with Fines, we covered the Hamburg Data Commissioner’s fining of companies for using the then-invalid Safe Harbor to transfer data from the
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[Read More]Last month, the European Commission officially adopted the Privacy Shield, which boasted stronger protection for transatlantic data flows while also providing greater clarity for businesses. U.S. companies were invited to certify with the
[Read More]“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” wrote Charles Dickens in the opening of his 19th-century novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.” How appropriate it is today and
[Read More]Just as the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) determined in April, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Giovanni Buttarelli has also concluded that there’s more work to be done on the EU-U.S. Privacy
[Read More]While there’s more work to be done on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which is intended to replace the Safe Harbor agreement and provide protection of EU citizens’ data when in the United States,
[Read More]In June, the European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli stated that there was more work to be done on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. As of July 12 that work has concluded: The European
[Read More]As the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield news was popping this past February, LLM, Inc. released a white paper on recommended best practices and the future of transatlantic data privacy and transfer policies: After Safe
[Read More]If you like living in the digital age and surrounded by “smart” devices, check out this sobering stat: “Within the next five years, the number of devices connected to the Internet will outnumber
[Read More]This morning the European Commission announced they issued the legal texts that will put in place the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. This highly anticipated announcement comes after the Court of Justice of the European
[Read More]The long and, for some, stressful wait for a Safe Harbor replacement may be over. Reports indicate that EU and U.S. officials have agreed on terms for the new “EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.” The
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