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Irish High Court Refers Schrems 2.0 to the ECJ

April 13, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy 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

Council of the European Union publishes new draft ePrivacy Regulation

March 30, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

The Council of the European Union published a new draft of the ePrivacy Regulation (link here) for discussion purposes on 22 March. This draft aims to facilitate discussions as we are moving towards the final version of the ePrivacy Regulation. As such, the changes outlined below are not final, but rather indicative of the direction […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, ePrivacy, GDPR, Privacy Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), Regulatory Enforcement

Belgian Court Uses Novel Argument to Assume International Jurisdiction over Non-EU Facebook Entities

March 21, 2018 By Daniel Felz and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

On February 16, 2018, the Brussels Court of First Instance rendered a judgment in proceedings brought by the Belgian Privacy Commission’s against Facebook. The case forms one part of two-tiered litigation brought by the Commission in regards to alleged monitoring practices vis-à-vis Belgian internet users. In parallel to the proceedings that resulted in the judgment […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, Privacy Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, Litigation, Regulatory Enforcement, Social Media, Tracking

100 Days Until GDPR Effective Date – Sharing Our GDPR Experience

February 14, 2018 By Daniel Felz and Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

In less than 100 days, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect. This means that as of May 25, 2018, each national Supervisory Authority will have the authority to apply and enforce the GDPR. The GDPR raises the bar in terms of requirements substantially higher than the Data Protection Framework Directive. For […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Data Security, GDPR, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation

ECJ Rules against Schrems Class Action, Sets Up Jurisdictional Questions for GDPR Class Actions

January 30, 2018 By Daniel Felz

In late 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its initial Schrems decision, invalidating the EU/US Safe Harbor and leading to important developments in the rules for transferring personal data from the EU to the US.  Since that decision, Mr. Schrems has pursued two further legal proceedings in the EU. The first involves Mr. Schrems’ challenge in […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, GDPR, International, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Class Action, Cross-border, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Court of Justice, European Union (EU), GDPR Implementation, Litigation, Max Schrems Decision, Social Media

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