On July 17, 2018, the European Union and Japan successfully concluded negotiations on a reciprocal finding of an adequate level of data protection, thereby agreeing to recognize each other’s data protection systems as “equivalent.” This will allow personal data to flow safely between the EU and Japan, without being subject to any further safeguards or authorizations.
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Bulgarian Presidency Presents Progress Report and Points for Debate on ePrivacy
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On June 8, 2018, the Council of the European Union’s Bulgarian Presidency presented a progress report on the draft ePR to the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council. …
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CIPL Publishes Study on How the ePrivacy Regulation will Affect the Design of Digital Services
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On May 14, 2018, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP published a study on how the ePrivacy Regulation will affect the design of digital services and their user experiences.…
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Article 29 Working Party Releases Updated Standard Application Forms for BCRs
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On April 11, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party adopted two Recommendations on the Standard Application for Approval of Data Controller or Processor Binding Corporate Rules for the Transfer of Personal Data.…
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Head of Austrian DPA Appointed Chair of Article 29 Working Party
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On February 7, 2018, representatives of European Data Protection Authorities met in Brussels to appoint Andrea Jelinek as the new leader of the current Article 29 Data Protection Working Party.…
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EU Commission Releases Communication on Remaining Issues for GDPR Preparation
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On January 24, 2018, the European Commission issued a communication to the European Parliament and the Council on the direct application of the EU GDPR.…
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Article 29 Working Party Meeting Sets Out State of Play on Privacy Initiatives
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Recently, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party held a plenary meeting to discuss, among other things, the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.…
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EU Data Protection Authorities Establish Task Force to Collaborate on Uber Data Breach
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On November 29, 2017, the EU’s Article 29 Working Party announced the establishment of a task force to coordinate the plethora of national investigations throughout the EU into Uber’s 2016 data breach that affected approximately 57 million users worldwide. …
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Advocate General Rejects Facebook’s Claim of Sole Irish Jurisdiction in EU
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On October 24, 2017, an opinion issued by the EU’s Advocate General Bot rejected Facebook’s assertion that its EU data processing activities fall solely under the jurisdiction of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. The opinion relates to the CJEU case C-210/16, under which the German courts sought to clarify whether the DPA in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein could take action against Facebook regarding its use of web tracking technologies on a German education provider’s fan page without first providing notice. …
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European Parliament’s LIBE Committee Approves Amended ePrivacy Regulation
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On October 19, 2017, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs narrowly voted to approve an amended version of the e-Privacy Regulation. The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams also published a study on the impact of the proposed Regulation.…
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