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Department of Commerce Announces First Privacy Shield Participants

August 15, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Over the weekend, the Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield website was updated to show the first participants in the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield.  In total, about 45 companies have registered for Privacy Shield.  Prominent examples include Microsoft Corp. (along with 20 subsidiaries), Salesforce, and corporate-travel giant World Travel, Inc. Companies with questions about Privacy Shield are […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, International, Privacy, Privacy Shield

German DPAs Will Not Be Able to Challenge Privacy Shield this Year

August 8, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Even before the ECJ’s Schrems decision invalidated Safe Harbor, the European Commission had begun working closely with US negotiators to craft what has become the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield.  While EU privacy leaders have noted that Privacy Shield represents important improvements in data protection, some German DPAs have voiced a desire to challenge Privacy Shield in […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, International, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Shield

EU Commission Publishes Long-Awaited Privacy Shield Citizen’s Guide

August 1, 2016 By Daniel Felz

Just over two weeks ago, the European Commission formally adopted the US-EU Privacy Shield.  As part of making Privacy Shield accessible to EU residents, the Commission has long planned to issue a “Citizen’s Guide” to the rights and remedies EU residents enjoy when data is transferred to certified Privacy Shield organizations.  (A leader in the Commission’s Directorate-General […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, Privacy, Privacy Shield

EU-US Privacy Shield – FAQs

July 12, 2016 By Daniel Felz and Privacy & Data Security Team

Today, the European Commission (“EU Commission”) formally approved a new transatlantic framework for the transfer of personal data from Europe to the United States (“U.S.”) (the “Privacy Shield”). Under the EU Commission’s decision approving the new framework ( the “Adequacy Decision”), U.S. organizations participating in the Privacy Shield will be deemed to ensure an “adequate […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, International, Privacy, Privacy Shield Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, European Court of Justice, European Union (EU), Max Schrems decision, Safe Harbor

GDPR Published Today, Commencing Two-Year Countdown to Application

May 4, 2016 By Daniel Felz

One of the most important EU legislative initiatives in recent years, and a landmark in privacy regulation worldwide, the GDPR is set to replace the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) of 1995.  After the Council of Ministers accelerated the voting timetable for GDPR passage and the Parliament approved the GDPR in an up-or-down vote, all eyes were on the […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, GDPR, International, Legislation, Privacy, Privacy Policy, Regulation

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