CJEU: EU-Canada proposed agreement on the transfer of Passenger Name Record data does not conform to EU data protection law standards

By Dan Cooper and Rosie Klement On July 26, 2017, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) published Opinion 1-15 (the “Opinion”) on the proposed agreement between the European Union and Canada on the transfer and processing of passenger name record (“PNR”) data (the “Agreement”). The Agreement was signed in 2014, but the CJEU … Continue Reading

Schrems (Safe Harbor) Judgment – German Data Protection Authorities Issue Position Paper

By Monika Kuschewsky on October 26, 2015 Posted in European Union

Today, the German supervisory authorities (“German DPAs”) responsible for data protection at federal and state (Länder) level published a position paper on the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor (available in German – see here). This 14-point position paper follows a meeting that these authorities held last week. Key points include: following the Safe Harbor judgment of the … Continue Reading

Article 29 Working Party Publishes Working Document Setting Out Cooperation Procedure for Issuing Common Opinions on Contractual Clauses

By Inside Privacy on December 12, 2014 Posted in European Union, International

By Tom Jackson On November 26, 2014, the Article 29 Working Party adopted a working document setting out a cooperation procedure for issuing common opinions on contractual clauses considered as compliant with the EC Model Clauses (the “Working Document”). The Working Document sets out the framework for a procedure designed to streamline the process of … Continue Reading