This is the fifth in a series of guidance notes on what the ‘Schrems II’ decision means for companies that rely on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, controller-to-processor standard contractual clauses, SCCs for transfers to controllers, derogations/exceptions to transfer restrictions, and binding corporate rules, as well as what ‘Schrems II’ means for Brexit and what companies can expect with the road ahead on these issues.
Our latest edition covers 39 jurisdictions, answering five common data privacy and security questions employers may have in light of COVID-19. As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic and its profound impact across regions and industries, many companies are facing difficult business and legal challenges and are required to…
Data Transfers: Derogations for specific situations (Art. 49 GDPR) In the context of the “Schrems II case,” we continue our analysis of alternative vehicles allowing the transfer of personal to third countries outside the European Economic Area. In previous papers, we focused on Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) as alternatives to…
FAQ on the website of the Dutch DPA in relation to Corona Not long after the Italian Supervisory Authority published guidance for employers on COVID-19 related data processing, the Dutch Data Protection Authority has followed and issued brief guidance in one of the FAQ items on the Dutch DPA’s website.…
April 3 update: Our latest edition includes updates for 12 jurisdictions in EMEA, Latin America and Asia Pacific. As COVID-19 continues to quickly spread across the globe and has officially been declared a pandemic, many companies are facing difficult business and legal challenges and are required to make some urgent…
COVID-19: Global Data Privacy & Security Survey As COVID-19 quickly spreads across the globe and has now been officially declared a pandemic, many companies are facing difficult business and legal challenges and are required to make some urgent decisions in order to keep their workforce safe and ensure business continuity.…
Barriers to the free flow of data have various causes: the legal uncertainty surrounding the emerging issues on ‘data ownership’ or control, (re)usability and access to/transfer of data, and liability arising from the use of data. There is a similar feeling of uncertainty in the translation industry, where language data…
Schrems II case – the data importer perspective Following our previous analysis of the consequences of the opinion of the advocate general Hendrik Saugmandsgaard Øe (a.g.) in the Schrems II case, from the data exporter perspective (available here), we now focus on the implications of the same with respect to…
Schrems II case – the data importer perspective Following our previous analysis of the consequences of the opinion of the advocate general Hendrik Saugmandsgaard Øe (a.g.) in the Schrems II case, from the data exporter perspective (available here), we now focus on the implications of the same with respect to…
Standard Contractual Clauses Are Under Scrutiny: Keep Calm and Carry On Avid readers of this blog will know that shortly before the new year holidays advocate general Hendrik Saugmandsgaard Øe (a.g.) gave his opinion on how European Court of Justice (CJEU) should deal with the second Schrems case (Schrems II)…