Schrems

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in Luxembourg will render its judgment in the Schrems case (C-362/14 Maximilian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner) on October 6, at 9:30 am CET (see here).

For details on the case and its potential implications for the U.S.-EU…
Continue Reading EU-U.S. Safe Harbor: Judgment in the Schrems Case Scheduled For October 6

This morning (September 23, 2015), EU Advocate General (“AG”) Bot issued an Opinion in Case C-362/14 Maximilian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (see our earlier post on the hearing here).  The AG Opinion has gone further than expected, covering not just the power of national data protection authorities in…
Continue Reading Advocate General Considers EU-U.S. Safe Harbor to be Invalid

The U.S. and EU’s negotiators on the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor data transfer program have missed an end of May target date for reaching an agreement on amendments to the program.

They nevertheless publicly reaffirmed their commitment to reaching an agreement on the Safe Harbor program, and on an “Umbrella Agreement”…
Continue Reading U.S. and EU Miss Target for Safe Harbor Renegotiation, But Remain Optimistic