The European Commission website, in the Article 29 working party page, reports the list of the enterprises that completed the approval process of the BCR according to article 47. The list doesn’t show a reference date and this is certainly remarkable but the most relevant thing is that among the 80+ companies reported in the… Read More »
The Commission adopted on 12 July 2016 its decision on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. The decision follows the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union that, on 6 October 2015, had declared the Commission’s 2000 Decision on EU-US Safe Harbour invalid. The article 29 Data Protection working party adopted an opinion about… Read More »
The European Commission issued a guide for transferring data outside of the EU after Schrems’s sentence: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-15-6014_en.htm. We now have two ways: using contractual clauses or binding corporate rules (BCR). These two methods are applicable to all transfers to Countries for which there is not an authorization by the European Commission or a local privacy… Read More »
On February, 29 the European Commission issued the legal texts that will put in place the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and a Communication summarising the actions taken over the last years to restore trust in transatlantic data flows since the 2013 surveillance revelations. The Commission has (i) finalised the reform of EU Data protection rules, which… Read More »
The negotiations between the EU and the United States seems replacing the Safe-Harbour to the new “EU-USA. Privacy Shield” . This new framework was recently discussed by WP29. In summary, there is no published evidence that the Privacy Shield actually provides an adequate level of protection; much work needs to be done by the Commission… Read More »
Safe Harbor, declared invalid last October by ECJ, will be soon replaced by the EU-US Privacy Shield. “For the first time ever, the United States has given the EU binding assurances that the access of public authorities for national security purposes will be subject to clear limitations, safeguards and oversight mechanisms” states Commissioner Věra Jourová into press release. .@EU_Commission… Read More »