Tag Archives: European Parliament

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Joint Annual Review 2.0

By David M. Brown on Posted in Enforcement, International Privacy Law
As we previously reported here, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced several enforcement actions in late 2017, on the eve of the first annual joint EU-U.S. review of the Privacy Shield Framework. Now the second annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework is underway, and the FTC has announced several new enforcement actions, which … Continue Reading

Privacy Shield Update: Ahead of First Joint Review, Europeans Remain Skeptical as FTC Announces Enforcement Actions

Photo of Melinda L. McLellanBy Melinda L. McLellan and Emily R. Fedeles on Posted in Enforcement, International Privacy Law
On September 8, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced enforcement actions against three companies alleged to have falsely claimed participation in the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework. The move follows several months of uncertainty surrounding the Framework’s future as EU officials and privacy advocates have questioned its efficacy and validity in the run-up to the … Continue Reading

Privacy Shield Developments and UK Data Transfers Post-Brexit

Photo of Melinda L. McLellanBy Melinda L. McLellan and Jenna N. Felz on Posted in International Privacy Law
With the UK’s Brexit referendum dominating the news out of Europe over the past week, it may have been easy to miss a key development in the continuing Privacy Shield negotiations. On Friday, June 24, news outlets reported that U.S. regulators and the European Commission had agreed on a finalized version from the Privacy Shield, a proposed … Continue Reading

Companies Face Uncertainty as Privacy Shield Encounters New Hurdles

Photo of Melinda L. McLellanBy Melinda L. McLellan and Jenna N. Felz on Posted in International Privacy Law
The Privacy Shield, proposed this past February and greeted with cautious optimism by European and U.S. regulators alike as a more robust “replacement” for the invalidated Safe Harbor framework, appears to be suffering death by a thousand paper cuts. Today’s European Parliament resolution (the “Resolution”) delivered the latest blow. The Resolution recommends that the European … Continue Reading
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