@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsInternational Transfers of Personal Data After Schrems II: Practical Compliance StepsSchrems II, a framework traditionally focused on companies and organisations that are subject to the GDPR, is now being applied to supervisory authorities challenging institutions and bodies subject to other data protection laws, such as Regulation (EU) 2018/1725-the EU's data protection standard for EU institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsEuropean Commission finds US agencies are adhering to data protection commitmentsU.S. authorities have honored their commitment to put guardrails in place to limit American intelligence agencies' access to Europeans' personal data, the European Commission (EC) announced Wednesday.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsInternational Data Transfers Remain Under EU and UK Regulatory ScrutinyEuropean (and UK) regulators are actively penalising organisations that fail to protect EU personal data that is being transferred internationally.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsFirst review of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework - DIGITALEUROPERepresenting the digital technology industry in Europe
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsEU Governments Sign-off Proposed Reforms to GDPR Procedural Rules and Council Reaches Common Member States' Position | Data Matters Privacy BlogOn 24 May 2024, the Council of the European Union (the "Council") released new details of a proposed reform of the General Data Protection Regulation's ("GDPR") procedural rules, which representatives of EU national governments approved on 29 May 2024.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsThe Transformative Impact of AI on African Union PoliciesGiven the intense development of artificial intelligence ( AI) within the past decade, many nations have now begun to create policies to govern the capabilities of AI.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsEU Commission Announces New SCCs for International Transfers to Non-EU Controllers and Processors Subject to the GDPROn September 12, 2024, the European Commission announced that it will launch a public consultation on additional standard contractual clauses for international transfers of personal data to non-EU controllers and processors that are subject to the EU GDPR extra-territorially ("Additional SCCs"), something that has been promised by the European Commission as far back as 2022.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsFive key takeaways from recent EU developments on the GDPR's "legitimate interests" legal basisIn the past few weeks, there have been significant developments relating to the "legitimate interests" legal basis under Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR:
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsInternational Data Transfers and Policies: EU Data Transfers to the U.S.On July 10, 2023, the European Commission formally adopted a new adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which provides companies transferring personal data to the U.S. an additional mechanism to legitimize their cross-Atlantic data transfers.
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@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsEU Regulator Adopts Restrictive GDPR Position on Data Scraping Impacting AI TechnologiesThe Dutch Data Protection Authority-the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)-recently announced that it will in many cases regard scraping of personal data by private sector organizations as an infringement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsEU AI Act next GDPR? Proof in the pudding as boardrooms prioritize data governanceBreaches of the EU's ground-breaking General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can cost companies substantial sums and huge reputational damage.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsData Protection Rulings by European Regulators Offer Insights Into Their Security Expectations | Insights | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLPExecutive Summary
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsUber's EU-US Data Flows: CCIA Europe Statement - CCIABrussels, BELGIUM - Today, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) announced that it is imposing a fine of €290 million on Uber, arguing that the company's transfers of drivers' personal data from the European Union to the United States were in breach of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsInfosys Achieves Binding Corporate Rules Certification from EU Data Protection AuthoritiesFirst India-headquartered company to receive BCR certification An accredited data privacy compliance framework for international data transfers from the EU
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsTop 10 Data Protection Fines and Settlements of 2024Large-scale data breaches and privacy violations have become a common occurrence over the past decade amid the vast collection of personal information online.
@JamesJalaPayneo / Latest EU Data Protection NewsThe European Union General Data Protection Regulation * Stimson CenterIntroductionThe GDPR outlines a series of guidelines for organizations that process data belonging to individuals located in the EU.