Since the Court of Justice of the EU (“CJEU”) decided in its Schrems II ruling that the Privacy Shield is no longer valid and that EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) can no longer be used without extra scrutiny and require the implementation of additional security measures by both the EU data exporter and the US … Continue Reading
Maintaining a positive and productive work environment helps retain valued employees and aids in recruiting new talent, ultimately saving costs and providing an advantage over competitors. To monitor employee satisfaction organizations are increasingly turning to conducting workplace surveys. On June 16, 2020 at 4:00p CEST Annette Demmel and Tarek Hajj-Khalil of our Data Privacy & … Continue Reading
On February 10, 2020, the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) initiated its first public consultation procedure on the anonymization of personal data, with a particular focus on providers of electronic communication services. As the European Commission Communication in A European Strategy for Data recognized, anonymized data may be used … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 27 November 2017.… Continue Reading
The revised EU’s Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will both come in force in 2018. Seemingly unconnected, these two regulatory initiatives share a common goal– putting customers in control of their own personal data and keeping that personal data safe. PSD2 is an update to the original Payment Service … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 25 September 2017.… Continue Reading
While the GDPR compliance clock is ticking for companies, EU Member States have also been preparing for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) which will become enforceable on May 25, 2018. The GDPR will be directly applicable in all EU Member States without the need for implementing national laws. However, apart from … Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 18 September 2017.… Continue Reading
The latest data privacy Alert from the Squire Patton Boggs’ Data Protection & Cybersecurity team covers news from the week of 11 September 2017.… Continue Reading
On June 30, 2017, Germany passed its new Federal Data Protection Act (Datenschutz-Anpassungs- und -Umsetzungsgesetz EU), the Act. The Act implements the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and will enter into force on 25 May 2018. It will replace the former German Data Protection Act (BDSG), which has been in force for nearly four … Continue Reading