European Privacy & Cybersecurity

Japan and EU agree on Terms of Reciprocal Adequacy for Data Transfers

July 18, 2018 By Maki DePalo

On July 17, the European Commission (the “Commission”) announced that the European Union and Japan successfully concluded talks on reciprocal adequacy and agreed to recognize each other’s data protection systems as equivalent. In its press release, the Commission explains that this adequacy agreement will create “the world’s largest area of safe transfers of data based […]

European Parliament Calls to Suspend Privacy Shield

July 6, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On the heels of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs’ (LIBE) recent resolution, the full European Parliament on July 5 adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement if the U.S. fails to comply in full by September 1, 2018. With a vote of 303 in favor […]

German DPA Announces GDPR Compliance Survey of Large Companies – Translation Provided

July 2, 2018 By Daniel Felz

Following a two-year grace period, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on May 25, 2018. For many companies, preparing for the GDPR was a multi-year project involving multiple teams and input or assistance from across the organization. On this blog, we have outlined the items we have seen as particularly time- or […]

GDPR Fragmentation May Appear More Significant than Intended

June 26, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

With the entry into application of the GDPR on May 25, 2018, the EU Member States were expected to have adopted national legislation implementing the regulation. To date, however, only 30% of Member States have effectively passed legislation, which still leaves the legal landscape to be precarious. The GDPR allows for deviations and specifications in […]