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European Parliament Calls to Suspend Privacy Shield

July 6, 2018 By Privacy & Data Security 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 […]

Filed Under: GDPR, National Security, Privacy Shield Tagged With: Cross-border, EU Data Protection, European Union (EU), International Data Transfers, Safe Harbor 2.0

European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee Targets EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, Cloud Act

June 14, 2018 By Privacy & Data Security Team

On June 12, 2018, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) passed a resolution calling on the European Commission to suspend the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield unless the U.S. fully complies with the framework’s requirements by September 1, 2018.  With a vote of 29 votes in favor, 25 opposed, and 3 […]

Filed Under: GDPR, National Security, Privacy Shield Tagged With: Cross-border, EU Data Protection, European Union (EU), International Data Transfers, Safe Harbor 2.0

DHS and FBI Issue a Joint Technical Alert with UK Warning Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks

April 17, 2018 By Maki DePalo

On April 16, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre issued a joint Technical Alert (TA), alerting the worldwide cyber exploitation of network infrastructure devices by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors.  The TA explains primary targets to be government and private-sector organizations, […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Protection, Data Security, International, National Security

Irish High Court Refers Schrems 2.0 to the ECJ

April 13, 2018 By Privacy & Data Security Team

On April 11, Justice Caroline Costello of the Irish High Court referred the Schrems 2.0 case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) with 11 questions for the ECJ to answer. Per Justice Costello, the sole issue in the case is whether the European Commission’s Decisions regarding standard contractual clauses (SCCs) are […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, International, National Security, Privacy Litigation, Privacy Shield Tagged With: Cross-border, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, European Union (EU), International Data Transfers, Litigation, Schrems 2.0

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in the Microsoft Ireland Case

March 6, 2018 By Privacy & Data Security Team

On Tuesday, February 27th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Microsoft Corp. on whether a warrant issued under the Stored Communications Act (SCA) can compel the production of data stored outside the United States. Where Microsoft argues that the emails stored outside the United States also lie outside the reach […]

Filed Under: Digital Crimes, International, Microsoft Ireland, National Security, Online Privacy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cross-border, Microsoft Ireland, Mutual Legal Assistance

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