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On February 23, 2016, the European American Chamber of Commerce (EACC) hosted an interesting EU-US Privacy Roundtable with Privacy Activist Max Schrems, founder of the group Europe v. Facebook. The panel started by providing a brief overview of the developments in data privacy laws. It also explained the judiciary path that brought to the judgment […]

After postponing action last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the Judicial Redress Act (Bill H.R. 1428), today at 10 am (see here). The Bill gives to citizens of certain countries a right to pursue their privacy rights in US courts. The adoption of the Bill is of particular importance after the Safe Harbor […]

According this source, the US have suggested the creation of an ombudsman to try to solve the issue created by the invalidation of the Safe Harbor. The ombudsman would be available to check on the U.S. government’ s access to EU personal data. The ombudsman would be in the State Department. As well known, the end of January is the […]

The vast difference between the views of privacy held in the US and in the EU is illustrated by the divergent paths of two prominent data privacy actions.  In the EU, the action was brought by Max Schrems as a complaint before the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, claiming that Facebook’s transfer of user data to […]

The vast difference between the views of privacy held in the US and in the EU is illustrated by the divergent paths of two prominent data privacy actions.  In the EU, the action was brought by Max Schrems as a complaint before the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, claiming that Facebook’s transfer of user data to […]

After the recent decision by the ECJ which gave back to the EU data protection authorities the right to examine whether data transfers violate EU privacy rules despite compliance with Safe Harbor, which was in fact abolished, the  WP29 offered some practical suggestions to businesses reminding that “Standard Contractual Clauses and Binding Corporate Rules can still be used” for […]

As reported in Ars Technica, German data protection authorities have announced that they will immediately begin investigating data transfers from the EU to the US by companies such as Facebook and Google, and may issue orders for data flows to be halted.  This is in response to the recent decision by the CJEU giving local DPA’s […]

On October 20, 2015, the Irish Data Protection Commission declared that it will proceed to investigate the substance of the complaint brought by Schrems against Facebook “with all due diligence” after the European Court of Justice held the Safe Harbor Decision invalid. The investigation will commence under section 10 of the Irish Data Protection Act and it […]