PL&B International (August 2014 issue) From the article: “No ‘whitelist’ of countries for data exports exists, but the regulations allow for the use of Binding Corporate Rules.” The full text can be downloaded (with subscription) at: http://www.privacylaws.com/
Tags: DATA PROTECTION, US PRIVACY
In a letter dated June 12, 2014, Article 29 Working Party (“WP29”) urged Martin Shulz, President of the European Parliament, to include discussions on Binding Corporate Rules for Processors (“BCR-P”) when the trialogue between the European Council, Parliament and Commission on the EU Data Protection Reform will take place. BCR are a code of conduct […]
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 […]