The Article 29 Working Party has released opinions on Privacy Shield and “essential guarantees” under EU law relating to surveillance, here and here. Please join us in our webinar at 1 pm EDT today to learn more about the Article 29 Working Party’s opinion on Privacy Shield (register here). We will look at the opinion’s likely… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Privacy Shield
Key Review of Privacy Shield Coming in Six Weeks
Posted in European Court of Justice, European Union, Privacy Shield, Safe Harbor, UncategorizedNow that the EU Commission has published the complete version of its draft decision adopting the EU-US Privacy Shield program, it’s time for the key reviewers to dig in. I don’t mean the lawyers, or EU privacy advocates, or US businesses, although their views will no doubt be wide-ranging and illuminating. But no, the really important… Continue Reading
EU-US Privacy Shield Agreement Published
Posted in EU Data Protection Regulation, European Court of Justice, European Union, Privacy Shield, Safe Harbor, UncategorizedThe European Commission has finally made the draft text of the EU-US Privacy Shield program available (scroll down in the press release for further links). The Privacy Shield program, which was agreed to in principle by US and EU negotiators nearly four weeks ago, will replace the Safe Harbor program that was struck down last autumn by the… Continue Reading
Judicial Redress Act passes the House with the Senate Amendments
Posted in European Union, Federal Trade Commission, Judicial Redress Act, Legislation, Privacy Shield, Safe Harbor, Umbrella Agreement, UncategorizedThe amended Judicial Redress Act has passed the House and is on its way to the president to be signed into law. The Act, which we covered in an earlier blog post, gives citizens of foreign countries the same rights as US citizens in connection with the use by the US government of their personal data,… Continue Reading
Amended version of Judicial Redress Act passes the Senate; now goes back to the House
Posted in European Union, Judicial Redress Act, Privacy Shield, Safe Harbor, Umbrella AgreementThe US Senate passed the amended version of the Judicial Redress Act on February 9. The amendments, which tie the Umbrella Agreement to Safe Harbor 2.0 (now dubbed the US-EU “Privacy Shield”), now go back to the House for approval. We discussed the amendments in an earlier blog looking at the intersection of security-related and commercial… Continue Reading
Commission Press Release and FTC Fact Sheet outlines the new EU-US “Privacy Shield”
Posted in European Court of Justice, European Union, Privacy Regulation, Privacy Shield, Safe HarborUpdate: The US Commerce Department has released a “fact sheet” on the new Privacy Shield agreement. The European Commission has issued a press release that gives an outline of some key changes to the EU-US safe harbor, now dubbed the “Privacy Shield.” The new accord still needs to be reviewed by the Article 29 Working… Continue Reading
