EU justice chief confident new US data pact will survive legal challenge
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders gives a new EU-U.S. data pact a “seven or eight out of 10 chance” of withstanding a legal challenge.
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Commission publishes draft adequacy decision for the EU-US
Commission starts process to adopt adequacy decision for safe data flows with the US.
Apple Faces Critics Over Its Privacy Policies
Developers claimed that Apple was tracking users’ every tap on the App Store, with no way of disabling the function.
MEPs tear up Biden’s Privacy Shield successor
The Executive Order of the US President is not enough, say members of the European Parliament.
Dutch employee fired by U.S. firm for shutting off webcam awarded €75,000 in court
A remote employee of a U.S. business who was fired for refusing to leave his webcam on while he was working was awarded roughly 75,000 euros by a Dutch court.
U.S. Department of Justice Announces U.S. – UK CLOUD Act Agreement
Agreement between the U.S. Government and the UK Government on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime entered force
New US Executive Order unlikely to satisfy EU law
Biden’s new Executive Order seems to fail on requirements established by the European Court of Justice’s (CJEU).
US expected to publish Privacy Shield executive order next week
The order is designed to address European concerns over surveillance practices in the US.
G-7 Privacy Regulators Aim To Ease Turbulent International Data Flows
The goal of the meetings is to gradually align the regulators’ approaches to privacy and better understand domestic rules in each jurisdiction.
USA offers foreign states access to 1.1 billion biometric “encounters” in return for reciprocal database access
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is touting ‘Enhanced Border Security Agreements’, offering access to its vast biometric databanks in exchange for other states reciprocating.
Danish DPA bans Google Workspace and US transfers
The Danish data protection authority banned a municipality’s use of Google Workspace for Education and suspended all US transfers.
European Commission sued for violating EU’s data protection rules
The EU Commission faces a lawsuit over allegations it is violating GDPR rules when transferring personal data from websites to the US.