Clock Ticking, European Commission Launches GDPR Implementation Guidance Website
With only four months remaining until the EU General Data Protection Regulation takes effect on May 25, 2018, the European […]
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EU Commission Releases Communication on Remaining Issues for GDPR Preparation
On January 24, 2018, the European Commission issued a communication to the European Parliament and the Council (the “Communication”) on […]
European Commission issues new GDPR guidance
The GDPR will come into force exactly four months from Wednesday. In preparation, the European Commission has released a new […]
European Commission weighs in on Microsoft Ireland case
The European Commission has filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the European Union in the ongoing legal dispute […]
Commission wants to extend law for police data access to the US
The European Commission hopes to set an international standard with its upcoming proposal to give police easier access to data […]
Commission conducting review of all foreign data transfer deals
The European Commission is reviewing the 12 data transfer agreements it has with countries outside the bloc, as part of […]
Privacy Shield review shows European Commission’s “shift in focus”
The European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová, presented, on 18 October 2017, the European Commission’s report […]
EC Will Not Push For Encryption “Backdoors”, But Member States Might
The European Commission announced this week a package of counter-terrorism measures as part of its European Agenda on Security initiative. […]
EU Commission Releases Report on First Annual Review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework
On October 18, 2017, the EU Commission released its report and accompanying working document on the first annual review of […]
EU Commissioner Jourová: Privacy Shield, GDPR readiness, online hate speech and more…
Vera Jourová, the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, rounded off a recent three-day visit to the […]
EU Commission to publish encryption report
The European Commission is trying to pull together member states’ differing views on security and privacy before it publishes a […]
A top EU official is pressing Apple, Facebook, on privacy and hate speech
One of the European Union’s leading regulators is making a house call to Silicon Valley this week. Her agenda: A […]