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After postponing action last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the Judicial Redress Act (Bill H.R. 1428), today at 10 am (see here). The Bill gives to citizens of certain countries a right to pursue their privacy rights in US courts. The adoption of the Bill is of particular importance after the Safe Harbor […]

According this source, the US have suggested the creation of an ombudsman to try to solve the issue created by the invalidation of the Safe Harbor. The ombudsman would be available to check on the U.S. government’ s access to EU personal data. The ombudsman would be in the State Department. As well known, the end of January is the […]

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 […]

In December 2015, a class action lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles against Mattel and ToyTalk by parents looking for injunctive relief and money damages for Defendants’ inherently dangerous product (Hello Barbie) and unlawful and negligent collection, use, and distribution of minors’ personal information. “Hello Barbie” is an artificial intelligence-enabled fashion doll […]

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 […]

  On November 16, 2015, EU Commissioner Věra Jourová spoke in Washington about transatlantic data flow. After highlighting the importance of safeguarding, at the same time, the fundamental right to privacy, security, and economic opportunities and business growth, she remembered the latest developments in this area: (a) negotiation on an “umbrella” agreement on privacy and […]

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 […]

The vast difference between the views of privacy held in the US and in the EU is illustrated by the divergent paths of two prominent data privacy actions.  In the EU, the action was brought by Max Schrems as a complaint before the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, claiming that Facebook’s transfer of user data to […]

The vast difference between the views of privacy held in the US and in the EU is illustrated by the divergent paths of two prominent data privacy actions.  In the EU, the action was brought by Max Schrems as a complaint before the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, claiming that Facebook’s transfer of user data to […]

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 […]