All Max Schrems articles
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ArticleEU privacy advocate targets Facebook, Google in latest salvo
Privacy campaign group NOYB has filed complaints against 101 websites with European operators that it says are still sending data to the U.S. via Google and/or Facebook integrations—potentially in breach of the EU’s strict data privacy rules.
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Five 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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Companies 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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Europe’s top court strikes down U.S.-EU data transfer rule
In a surprise decision that will have a major impact on trans-Atlantic data transfers, Europe’s top court ruled Thursday that a mechanism used by thousands of companies to send data to the United States is unlawful.
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Top EU advisor: Clauses used for EU-U.S. data transfers ‘valid’
Big Tech can breathe a sigh of a relief that the mechanisms it uses to transfer data outside of the European Union to “third countries” provide sufficient privacy protection, according to a key advisor to the EU’s top court.
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Privacy advocate Schrems foresees lax enforcement of GDPR
Speaking at the recent Compliance Week Europe conference in Amsterdam, leading privacy campaigner Max Schrems cast doubt on whether the newly enacted GDPR would have any teeth.
