All EU-U.S. Privacy Shield articles
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ArticleHamburg DPA warns Zoom incompatible with GDPR
The Hamburg data protection authority has warned local government departments to stop using Zoom because it believes the videoconferencing app is not compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation.
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ArticleTemper expectations on a U.S. federal privacy law in 2021
With the collapse of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield comes an opportunity for the United States to address its data protection shortcomings. Just don’t expect a quick fix, as a litany of issues remain.
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ArticleGDPR priorities for 2021: Twitter ruling stresses need for harmonization
European data protection authorities need to speed up their decision-making processes—especially with regard to cross-border complaints—before regulators lose patience and find legal means to mete out penalties under national laws instead of the GDPR.
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ArticleFive challenges for European CCOs heading into 2021
Many of the problems European compliance officers faced in 2020 will remain in place going into the new year, but new risks and new regulations will also present new challenges.
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ArticleGuidance for safe data transfers post-Privacy Shield
The European Data Protection Board has issued guidance to help companies transfer data to the United States and other third countries safely after Europe’s top court in July ruled key methods used up until then were either invalid or unsafe.
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ArticleDéjà vu: Senate committee revisits need for federal privacy law
Nearly a year since their last hearing to discuss the urgent need for a federal privacy law in the United States, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation largely remains stuck in neutral.
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Ireland’s order to Facebook to halt data transfers could have ‘profound’ impact
The Irish DPC’s order to Facebook to halt the transfer of European citizens’ personal data to the United States could pose operational and legal challenges that set a precedent for not only other tech giants, but companies generally.
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ArticleMore Privacy Shield fallout: Swiss-U.S. pact ruled inadequate
The Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner believes the Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield “does not provide an adequate level of protection for data transfer from Switzerland to the US.”
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ArticleFive tips for EU-U.S. data transfers post-Privacy Shield
As the fallout from the demise of the Privacy Shield continues to play out, here are a handful of steps companies can take to protect themselves from potential GDPR violations when transferring data between the European Union and the United States.
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ArticleCompanies paying price for EU-U.S. Privacy Shield removal
The legal and financial burden for companies to comply with the recent ruling to invalidate the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield might actually be worse than first thought, if an FAQ from the European Data Protection Board is any indication.
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ArticleFTC warns of false compliance with EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Federal Trade Commission is warning over a dozen companies in the form of letters not to falsely claim participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program.
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Blog
FTC: Four companies falsely claimed certification under EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
Four companies have agreed to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission that they falsely claimed certification under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework and that two of these companies failed to abide by a key provision of the framework.
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Blog
First annual report on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is out
The European Commission this month published its first annual report on the functioning of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.
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Blog
FTC brings first cases enforcing EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission this month brought its first cases enforcing the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which was put in place last year to replace the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor framework.
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EU watchdogs temporarily green-light Privacy Shield
European Union data protection authorities indicated in a recent statement that they will hold off for at least one year any new challenges to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. But legal challenges from others concerning its provisions could be on the horizon. Jaclyn Jaeger reports.
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ArticleThe current state of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, a new compliance framework for the transatlantic transferral of personal information, is almost ready. But the strict data privacy compliance obligations it would impose require a close look now to prevent running afoul of tough data standards that become law later.