Who are these Privacy Shield arbitrators?
An essential component of the Privacy Shield framework, which allows companies to transfer data from the EU to the U.S., […]
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The European Commission’s Privacy Shield Review Summarized
The European Commission, in its first review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, has determined that the U.S. is in […]
Takeaways from the first review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Commission’s review finds the Privacy Shield to have several novel elements that address the requirements laid down by the […]
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EU DPAs will issue GDPR draft guidance and analysis of EU-US Privacy Shield soon
The first joint annual review of the Privacy Shield is underway and the European Commission is preparing its report to […]
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 […]
Lack of US ombudsperson raises consternation with Europe
A key vacancy in the State Department is creating friction between the European Union and United States over a new […]
As Privacy Shield interest increases, organizations await review results
Last week, representatives of the European Commission and U.S. Department of Commerce met for the first-annual review of the Privacy […]
EU-US Privacy Shield review underway and report expected in late October
Speaking at the 39th International Conference of Privacy Commissioners in Hong Kong on 25 September, Shannon Coe from the US […]
EDPS on the state of the Data Protection Union
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Giovanni Buttarelli on Privacy Shield, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and priorities of EDPS. Source: The State of […]
Jourova reassured ‘America first’ does not weigh on EU-US privacy shield
EU Justice Commissioner Věra Jourová said she was relieved that US President Trump’s “America first” policy will not shatter the […]
US surveillance and the eye of the beholder
Is a country’s privacy regime adequate? To people who are not privacy professionals, this question may seem odd. What does […]