On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities. The order aims to address concerns expressed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the Schrems II case, in which it ruled the E.U.-U.S. Privacy Shield inadequate as a cross-border transfer mechanism.
Yesterday, on August 10, 2020, the European Commission (“Commission”) and the Department of Commerce (“DoC”) issued a joint statement announcing they are beginning discussions to evaluate potential enhancements to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. These discussions have begun to address compliance with the recent Schrems II decision by the Court Justice of the European Union
We previously posted on yesterday’s Schrems II decision issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Today (Jun 17, 2020), the Berlin data protection authority (Berlin DPA) went even further than the CJEU opinion, issuing a statement on the Schrems II case, calling for Berlin-based data controllers storing personal data in the
Today, on June 1, 2017, China’s new cybersecurity law, entitled the “Network Security Law”, goes into effect. The law was passed in November 2016. It now becomes legally mandatory for “network operators” and “providers of network products and services” to: (a) follow certain personal information protection obligations, including notice and consent requirements; (b) for network
