Starting on February 7, 2017, the Irish High Court will hear a case brought by the Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) against Facebook Ireland Ltd and Mr Schrems over EU-US data transfers after the Snowden disclosures. After the ECJ invalidated the “Safe Harbor” decision, Facebook performed its data transfer to the US using the “Model Clauses”. Mr. Schrems […]
On February 8, 2016, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) issued a formal notice to Facebook to comply within three months with the French Data Protection Act. According to CNIL, among other violations, Facebook is breaching French Data Protection Laws by transferring “personal data to the United States on the basis of Safe Harbour, although the […]
Tags: DATA PROTECTION, INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION, US PRIVACY
What’s this all about? As you will be well aware, the European Court ruled in the Schrems case last autumn 2014 that the EU US Safe Harbor Decision was invalid (see here for our earlier alert and a short film update). The EU and the US have been in discussion to try and agree a “Safe Harbor […]
What’s this all about? As you will be well aware, the European Court ruled in the Schrems case last autumn 2014 that the EU US Safe Harbor Decision was invalid (see here for our earlier alert and a short film update). The EU and the US have been in discussion to try and agree a “Safe Harbor […]
According to these sources (see here in Spanish and here in English), in November 2015, the Agencia Española de Proteccion de Datós (AEPD) sent a notice to all Spanish companies known to transfer data to third countries. The AEDP asked those companies to cease international data transfers after the European Court of Justice held the Safe Harbour […]
After the ECJ’s decision invalidating the Safe Harbor, other countries are following that path questioning data transfers to the US. The Swiss Data Protection Authority (FDPIC) opined that when dealing with modern means of communication, the use of certain tools and the disclosure of personal data should always be approached with caution. If data has […]
The Portuguese Data Protection Authority (CNPD) published today its decision regarding the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) decision to invalidate Safe Harbor. Summing up, the CNPD: prohibits data transfers to the US under Safe Harbor, executing CJEU’s decision; will only issue provisional authorizations for data transfers to the US using mecanisms other than […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]