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24/09/2025
The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: LONG-AWAITED, READY TO BE CONTESTED, AND RAISING MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework is finally a reality. Today the European Union announced the approval of the much-awaited Adequacy decision (see here), officially recognising the United States as a country that provides sufficient protections for the data of EU citizens which is transferred across the Atlantic. The decision comes following lengthy negotiations and a long period […]
10/07/2023
The EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework: LONG-AWAITED, READY TO BE CONTESTED, AND RAISING MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework is finally a reality. Today the European Union announced the approval of the much-awaited Adequacy decision (see here), officially recognising the United States as a country that provides sufficient protections for the data of EU citizens which is transferred across the Atlantic. The decision comes following lengthy negotiations and a long period […]
03/09/2020
Schrems II – No legal certainty and no quick fixes! It’s a geopolitical matter before it’s a legal one. “A NEW AGE OF DATA TRANSFERS” PART IV
I just attended today’s online LIBE meeting on possible solutions following the CJEU’s “Schrems II” decision, where it was recognized that the question of data transfers to third countries is fundamentally a geopolitical matter before being a legal one. In this way, legal certainty should be re-established as soon as possible – but such an achievement […]
28/07/2020
Organizations are left with no practical legal grounds to transfer personal data to the United States. “A new age of data transfers” Part III
After the official statements of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and several Supervisory Authorities (SAs), it is clear that at the moment there is no practical way for data to lawfully flow from the EU to the US. The reasoning in 5 steps: On 16 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the […]
23/07/2020
Privacy Shield is invalid. Here’s what you need to do now. “A new age of data transfers” Part I
This blog is part of a multi-part series, “A new age of data transfers”, which will explore the practical implications of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgement in Case C-311/18 “Schrems II”. Following the invalidation of the Privacy Shield on 16 July 2020 by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the […]
23/10/2019
Results of the 3rd review of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield are finally here
Today, 23 October 2019, the European Commission published its report on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, to which approximately 5,000 companies are participating. The results of the Report are largely positive and confirm that the US ensures an adequate level of protection for the data transferred to it from the EU. Furthermore, in the Report, the […]
22/06/2019
Věra Jourová: SCCs to be modernised
In her intervention at the “The General Data Protection Regulation one year on: Taking stock in the EU and beyond” event held on 13 June 2019, Commissioner Věra Jourová discussed the state of the art of the GDPR, also with the aim of providing input to the next Commission who “will have to start working […]
06/06/2019
Does Privacy Shield provide adequate protections?
On May 31st the Supreme Court of Ireland denied Facebook’s appeal to avoid referral of its recent case concerning the international transfer of personal data to the European Court of Justice. You most likely remember the case brought forth by privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems which questions whether the methods used by technology companies, […]
06/07/2018
#PrivacyShield does not provide adequate data protection for EU citizens
On 5 July 2018 MEPs passed a resolution (303 votes to 223, 29 abstentions) to suspend Privacy Shield starting from 1 September 2018 until the United States is in full compliance with the terms of the agreement. Members of the European Parliament in doing so have called upon US authorities to remove companies that misuse […]
30/06/2018
EU-US Privacy Shield at risk
Earlier this month MEPs from the Civil Liberties Committee brought attention to the necessity of better monitoring Privacy Shield by way of a Motion for a Resolution to wind up the debate on the statement by the Commission pursuant to Rule 123(2) of the Rules of Procedure on the adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-US […]