by TrustArc Privacy Intelligence | Dec 7, 2022
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) didn’t give Maximillian Schrems exactly what he wanted in his second big international data privacy case (now known as Schrems II). He argued the use of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) and the EU–U.S. Privacy...
by TrustArc Privacy Intelligence | Mar 25, 2022
The latest in EU-US Data Transfer Negotiations After nearly two years of uncertainty, privacy leaders have some welcome news in the form of an announcement from the European Commission (EC) about an agreement in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy...
by TrustArc Privacy Intelligence | Oct 9, 2020
Can Telecommunications Data be Collected in Bulk? Those following the legal debate following the Schrems-II decision, are well aware that one of the main arguments on the U.S. side is that the European Union should not only look at third countries’ surveillance...
by Emily S. Yu | Mar 28, 2017
Understanding Special Privacy Shield Requirements for Pharma & Medical Companies The EU-US Privacy Shield framework is an approved transfer mechanism for personal data from the EU to the United States, meaning that once self-certified, companies have “adequate”...
by Annie Greenley-Giudici | Feb 24, 2017
In January 2016, the United States Department of Commerce and Switzerland’s Federal Council declared that the new Swiss-US Privacy Shield Framework will succeed the Swiss-US Safe Harbor framework. The Swiss-US Safe Harbor framework was declared invalid in October 2015...