It’s beginning to look a lot like (a Schrems II solution by) Christmas.
“A revised mechanism allowing companies to transfer Europeans’ data around the world may be ready before Christmas,” said EU digital chief Margrethe Vestager.
“My colleagues Vera Jourova and Didiers Reynders are working very, very hard to look at standard contractual clauses, at
The Data Protection Authority of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany has issued FAQs on Schrems II, weighing in on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and Standard Contractual Clauses. The guidance comes on the heels of FAQs issued recently by Baden-Wuerttemberg’s DPA.
Here’s what the Rhineland-Palatinate authority says about EU-U.S. Privacy Shield:
Privacy Shield
A new post-Schrems II transfer solution for cloud services?
The EU Cloud Code of Conduct General Assembly, creators of the EU Cloud Code of Conduct, announced work is underway on a proposed legal solution for the transfer of personal data outside the EU.
The Cloud Code of Conduct, which defines clear requirements for cloud service
On the heels of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in Schrems II, Switzerland’s Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) has determined that the U.S.-Swiss Privacy Shield does not meet the “requirements of adequate data protection as defined by the FADP (Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection).” It issued a policy
There is no quick fix to the Schrems II decision, says European Union Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders.
Per Bloomberg Law: Justice Commissioner Reynders plans to finalize work by the end of this year on clauses that companies use to safely transfer data. In addition, talks with the U.S. will intensify in coming weeks on “sustainable
Peter Swire and Kenneth Propp suggest a viable post-Schrems II alternative to address U.S. judicial redress deficiencies in the Lawfare Blog.
“Any future attempt by the United States to successfully address this perceived deficiency in judicial redress … must have two dimensions: a credible fact-finding inquiry into classified surveillance activities in order to ensure protection
Privacy Shield is gone but not forgotten.
Adam C. Schlosser, for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), writes on why the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield is still a useful data protection governance tool.
“Simply leaving the Privacy Shield program or disregarding its principles would be a mistake, particularly for those organizations that have already built
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders issued a joint statement on Privacy Shield III:
“The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission have initiated discussions to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework to comply with the July 16 judgment of the Court of
New Zealand’s Data Protection Authority has offered its take on the Schrems II ruling that invalidated EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.
“The Schrems litigation has again sent international shock waves in striking down a key EU/U.S. arrangement designed to facilitate data flows known as the Privacy Shield.”
“The decision does not directly affect transfers of data from