Tag archives: Prof. Dr. Johannes Caspar

Hamburg DPA leader: Model Clauses, BCRs and EU-US Privacy Shield are probably insufficient

By on March 2, 2016 Posted in Regulatory response

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On February 26, 2016, Article 29 Working Party member and head of the Hamburg Data Protection Authority, Prof. Dr. Johannes Caspar, again spoke at an event about the consequences of the invalidation of the Safe Harbor, emphasizing his position on the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US.… Continue reading

Hamburg DPA leader addresses EU-US Privacy Shield

By Christoph Ritzer (DE) on February 12, 2016 Posted in Regulatory response

On February 5, 2016, Article 29 Working Party member and head of the Hamburg Data Protection Authority, Prof. Dr. Johannes Caspar, spoke about the EU-US Privacy Shield. Caspar observed that, once approved, the EU-US Privacy Shield system will initially be valid regardless of the decision of the European data protection authorities (DPAs). This is because the Privacy Shield will remain in force … Continue reading