Privacy Shield 2.0 is ‘high priority’ but ‘not easy’, warns EU’s Vestager
Agreeing a new agreement with the US is a “high priority” for the EU, but a replacement for the defunct EU-US Privacy Shield is by no means a done deal.
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Facebook’s Meta facing order from Irish regulator to suspend data transfers to US
Wide-ranging privacy case has already led to threats from social media giant.
French watchdog rules use of Google Analytics illegal
Although Google has adopted additional measures to regulate data transfers in the context of the Google Analytics functionality, these are not sufficient.
Meta Threatens To Close Facebook And Instagram In Europe Over Data Scramble
Meta has warned it could be forced to close Facebook and Instagram in Europe if it does not find a way to transfer the data from its European users to the US.
UK finally publishes revised standard form international data transfer agreements and conversion addendum for the use of revised EU SCCs
The UK government has finally published the UK’s own standard form international data transfer agreement for transferring personal data outside the UK.
Global data experts fire up UK’s plans to promote free flow of data
World’s best data experts form government council on international data transfers.
EU’s data watchdog: International cooperation to fight crime should comply with EU law
EDPS published is Opinion onthe second Protocol to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime.
Google calls for a secure ‘data transfer framework’ between the US and EU
The tech giant wants government agencies to establish new rules for data transfers between nations.
Austrian Supervisory Authority Finds that Website Deploying Google Analytics Carried out Unlawful Transfers to the US
The Austrian DPA found that a website that implemented the free version of Google analytics violated the GDPR’s rules on international data transfers.
European Commission Adopts South Korea Adequacy Decision
The European Commission announced that it had adopted its adequacy decision on the Republic of Korea.
You Use A US-based Sub Processor, You Lose, German Court says
If you use a U.S.-based sub processor (even for data processed in the EU), you lose, the German administrative court of Wiesbaden said in an interim decision.
EDPB issues draft guidelines on the interplay between the GDPR’s provisions on territorial scope and international data transfers
EDPB released draft guidelines on the interplay betweenGDPR Article 3 (territorial scope) and the Chapter V (restrictions on international data transfers).