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WP29 Issues Post-Safe Harbor Guidance

By Marcus Evans (UK), Jamie Nowak (DE) and Jay Modrall (BE) on October 16, 2015 Posted in General

The following is the statement of WP29 on the Schrems decision. It is a short opinion that we replicated here in full. We note that WP29 appears to suggest that model clauses and BCRs remain viable through at least January 2016, which is when WP29 would like to see the US and EU agree to a … Continue reading

Schrems: ECJ invalidates the Commission’s Safe Harbor Decision

By Marcus Evans (UK), Jay Modrall (BE) and Jamie Nowak (DE) on October 6, 2015 Posted in Compliance and risk management

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Case C-362/14 (the Schrems case) earlier today, 6 October 2015. In its ruling, the ECJ – among other things – held that the EU Commission’s “US Safe Harbor” decision is invalid.… Continue reading

German draft bill to authorize privacy “class actions”

By Jamie Nowak (DE) and Christoph Ritzer (DE) on February 23, 2015 Posted in Compliance and risk management

The German government recently released a draft bill seeking to grant authority to the country’s consumer and business associations to enforce compliance with data protection laws. Because the proposed draft bill appears to have received support from the governing parties, we believe there is a high probability of the bill being enacted in the near … Continue reading