Today, 4 June 2021, the European Commission adopted two sets of much-awaited standard contractual clauses (SCCs). The modernized SCCs mark an important step towards potentially increasing legal certainty in the complex and global data-driven economy. The new SCCs consider the Schrems II decision and the subsequent opinions of the Supervisory Authorities. A transition period of ...
03Sep 2020
Schrems II – No legal certainty and no quick fixes! It’s a geopolitical matter before it’s a legal one. “A NEW AGE OF DATA TRANSFERS” PART IV
I just attended today’s online LIBE meeting on possible solutions following the CJEU’s “Schrems II” decision, where it was recognized that the question of data transfers to third countries is fundamentally a geopolitical matter before being a legal one. In this way, legal certainty should be re-established as soon as possible – but such an achievement ...
28Jul 2020
Organizations are left with no practical legal grounds to transfer personal data to the United States. “A new age of data transfers” Part III
After the official statements of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and several Supervisory Authorities (SAs), it is clear that at the moment there is no practical way for data to lawfully flow from the EU to the US. The reasoning in 5 steps: On 16 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the European ...
23Jul 2020
Privacy Shield is invalid. Here’s what you need to do now. “A new age of data transfers” Part I
This blog is part of a multi-part series, “A new age of data transfers”, which will explore the practical implications of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgement in Case C-311/18 “Schrems II”. Following the invalidation of the Privacy Shield on 16 July 2020 by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the situation ...
16Dec 2019
Brexit and data protection: What’s next?
On 12 December 2019 in the UK general election, Boris Johnson secured his position as UK Prime Minister, with his Conservative party winning its first substantial majority in decades. The results of the election have set the way for the UK to exit the European Union by its scheduled exit date of 31 January 2020. The results ...
22Jun 2019
Věra Jourová: SCCs to be modernised
In her intervention at the "The General Data Protection Regulation one year on: Taking stock in the EU and beyond" event held on 13 June 2019, Commissioner Věra Jourová discussed the state of the art of the GDPR, also with the aim of providing input to the next Commission who "will have to start working ...
06Jun 2019
Does Privacy Shield provide adequate protections?
On May 31st the Supreme Court of Ireland denied Facebook’s appeal to avoid referral of its recent case concerning the international transfer of personal data to the European Court of Justice. You most likely remember the case brought forth by privacy activist and lawyer Max Schrems which questions whether the methods used by technology companies, and ...
12Mar 2017
The Case of Standard Contractual Clauses: The Irish Data Protection Commissioner & Max Schrems
“The supervisory authorities should have the power to prohibit or suspend a data transfer or a set of transfers based on the standard contractual clauses in those exceptional cases where it is established that a transfer on contractual basis is likely to have a substantial adverse effect on the warranties and obligations providing adequate protection ...
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