Exploring the evolution of cybersecurity and privacy law
In October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) held that transfers of personal data from Europe to the United States made under the so-called US Safe Harbor scheme were invalid as those transfers did not ensure an adequate level of protection under European data protection law.
In the aftermath of that…
The European Union’s Commissioner for Justice, Věra Jourová, visited Washington DC last week to meet with US officials and discuss cross-border data transfers, including further negotiations on a revised Safe Harbor agreement. The original Safe Harbor framework that permitted transfers of personal data of European citizens to the United States was declared invalid by the…
In its judgment of October 6, 2015 (Case C-362/14) the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) held that transfers of personal data of European citizens to the United States made under the so-called Safe Harbor scheme are subject to significant risks, and declared the corresponding decision of the European Commission to be invalid.…
