To establish common rules on data protection and to help implement the Digital Single Market Strategy, the European Union set forth two instruments to reform the 1995 data protection rules (see here): the Gen eral Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) the Data Protection Directive to ensure cross-border cooperation and protect personal data in the police and […]
In a few words, a fair cross-border procedure to bring personal data outside the Economic European Area to third countries, needs the adoption of the measures exhaustively listed in 95/46/CE Directive: one of them was Safe Harbor, (as adequacy decision of the European Commission) – http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/international-transfers/adequacy/index_en.htm – struck down by Court of Justice of […]
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 […]
What is this all about? The EU is in the process of reforming its existing data protection rules. These reforms have been moving slowly through the EU legislative pipeline but we seem now to be getting closer to a final agreement. Even though the expected implementation date of these rules is still likely to be […]
Introduction Developments following the European Court’s 6 October 2015 Schrems ruling that declared data transfers under Safe Harbor invalid continue apace with the publication of an official 16-page Communication from the European Commission of 6 November. Please refer to our main alert for the background and our comments (including 3 videos) on the Schrems judgment and its consequences along with […]
Introduction Developments following the European Court’s 6 October 2015 Schrems ruling that declared data transfers under Safe Harbor invalid continue apace with the publication of an official 16-page Communication from the European Commission of 6 November. Please refer to our main alert for the background and our comments (including 3 videos) on the Schrems judgment and its consequences along with […]
Tags: DATA PROTECTION, INTERNATIONAL DATA PROTECTION, US PRIVACY
After the EU Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the Safe Harbour decision is invalid (see here ), all transfers of personal data that are still taking place under the decision are unlawful. So the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) in its September 16, 2015 statement after the ECJ’s Schrems decision. The Woking group also opines that […]
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 […]
What is this all about? The EU is in the process of reforming its existing data protection rules. Unfortunately these reforms are currently subject to significant delay. But despite this set-back Cordery strongly recommends that businesses keep an eye firmly on the ball as the reforms go well beyond an upgrade – good planning ahead […]