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On October 29, 2015, Reuters reported that according to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, “Safe Harbor 2.0” is very near to be a reality. On the European side, on October 26, 2015, Vera Jourova, the EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, reiterated that “it is crucial to conclude the discussions with our […]

After the recent decision by the ECJ which gave back to the EU data protection authorities the right to examine whether data transfers violate EU privacy rules despite compliance with Safe Harbor, which was in fact abolished, the  WP29 offered some practical suggestions to businesses reminding that “Standard Contractual Clauses and Binding Corporate Rules can still be used” for […]

Authors report the recent developments in the Austrian data protection class action started by Max Schrems against Facebook in Austria. The full text is available at http://www.corderycompliance.com…

What is this case about? This case is a ruling from the European Court of Justice (Case C-230/14 of 1 October 2015) about the ability of national EU Member State data protection regulators to deal with matters involving organisations situated beyond their borders. What is the background to this case? A Slovakian registered company called […]

The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 required, among other provisions, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop a plan to safely integrate drones (civil unmanned aircraft systems) into the national airspace system by September 30, 2015. As of October 2015, the FAA has not published any material and seems to have missed its […]

In light of the recent decision in C-362/14 (Maximilian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner), European Data Protection Agencies may suspend data transfers under Safe Harbor. Multinational companies might start to get worried. But are there other instrument to transfer data between the EU and the US? Yes! According to WP29, there are at least two other […]

The Court of Justice of the European Union on October 6, 2015 released an important decision ruling the transfer of personal data from the European Union to the United States, consistent with the opinion by Advocate General, Yves Bot, of September 23, 2015. The ruling repealed the Decision 2000/520 of the European Commission that had […]

On September 23, Advocate General Yves Bot at the European Court of Justice (“AG”) released his Opinion in C-362/14 (Maximilian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner). Waiting for the decision of the European Court of Justice – expected on October 6 – and keeping in mind that the Court follows the Advocate General’s opinions 80% of […]

Authors discuss the Advocate-General conclusions in the Schrems case. According to the article, the opinion holds that “national data protection regulators do have the power to undertake such investigations [EU-US data transfers] and suspend data transfers”. The full text is available http://www.technethics.com/gayle-mcfarlane-and-andre-bywater-european-court-weltimmo-ruling-on-the-jurisdiction-of-data-protection-regulators/ Originally published in http://www.corderycompliance.com…

Author discusses French DPA’s decision ordering Google to block search results not only on .fr, but also on all other domains, such as for example, Google.com or Google.jp. The full text is available at http://www.slate.com…