Norway’s Datatilsynet issues detailed FAQ’s on #SchremsII:
“[T]he additional measures…could potentially be…legal, technical or organizational measures. At present…there is great uncertainty about what kind of additional measures may be sufficient if the third country has laws that take precedence over…or otherwise lower the level of protection. This means that at present it is
Germany’s Datenschutzkonferenz (DSK) issues its guidance on Shrems II:
The UK’s Information Commissioner Office’s has issued a revised statement on the Schrems II.
“Further work is underway by the European Commission and EDPB to provide more comprehensive guidance on extra measures you may need to take. In the meantime you should take stock of the international transfers you make and react promptly as guidance
The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) explains the nexus of Schrems II, Privacy Shield and Brexit.
“While the adequacy assessment for the U.K. is currently underway, a U.K. adequacy finding is by no means a given. Given that the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield appears to have been invalidated primarily because of concerns about U.S. law
The European Data Protection Board has issued its much anticipated FAQs on what the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in Schrems II means for cross-border data transfers.
There is still no word on the “supplementary measures” that companies will need to implement on top of Standard Contract Clauses and Binding Corporate Rules
In a landmark decision in what is popularly known as the “Schrems II” case, the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the framework that facilitated the transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United States for thousands of companies. The court cited the breadth of National
After a number of data protection authorities issued statements demonstrating differing approaches to cross-border transfers to the U.S. in the wake of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in Schrems II (e.g. several of the German DPAs), the Spanish data protection authority Agencia Española Proteción Datos (AEPD) stressed the importance of a
“The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks were designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the European Commission and Swiss Administration, respectively, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union and Switzerland to the United States
“The United States shares the values of rule of law and protection of our democracies with our partners in the European Union (EU). Therefore, we are deeply disappointed that the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
“The United States