EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, Binding Corporate Rules, Model Contracts and Other EU Transfer Mechanisms
In a milestone decision on transatlantic data protection in October 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued its judgment in the Schrems case, declaring the Commission decision on the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor agreement invalid. In another monumental decision in February 2016, the Commission announced a political agreement and new framework to restore trust in transatlantic data flows, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. Sidley’s global team of privacy professionals has monitored these developments closely and has been actively engaged on responses. On this page, you will find a variety of resources to keep you informed as to how these judgments will impact the business landscape. Please contact the lawyers below if you have questions about the effects of these decisions.
Privacy Shield: Essentially Equivalent Reports
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Previous Events
- Practical Steps to Privacy Shield Self-Certification - Tuesday, September 20, 2016
- The New GDPR/EU-US Privacy Shield: Impact on Businesses - British Chamber of Commerce in Denmark - EU Data Protection Reforms, Copenhagen, May 10, 2016
- European Commission Publishes Privacy Shield Documents - Wednesday, March 2, 2016
- EU-U.S. Privacy Shield | What Next? - Friday, February 5, 2016
- Data Transfers – Essential Equivalence - Tuesday, January 19, 2016
- Safe Harbor Data Privacy Briefing: Your Questions Answered by Giovanni Buttarelli - Tuesday, October 20, 2015
- Safe Harbor Data Privacy Briefing: Your Questions Answered - Thursday, October 8, 2015
Data Matters Blog Postings
- European Commission Publishes its First Annual Review of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield - November 6, 2017
- EU Lawmakers Say That Privacy Shield Deficiencies Must Be Fixed Urgently - April 17, 2017
- The Continuing Impact of the Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union Declaring Invalid the European Commission’s Decision on U.S.-EU Safe Harbor - March 2, 2017
- Transatlantic Data flow – the new Swiss – U.S. Privacy Shield available April 12, 2017 - February 21, 2017
- EU’s Article 29 Working Party publishes Privacy Shield FAQs - December 22, 2016
- EU-U.S. Privacy Shield challenged in CJEU - November 4, 2016
- Evaluating the Dwindling Privacy Shield Grace Period - September 9, 2016
- Formal Adoption of EU-US Privacy Shield - July 13, 2016
- Privacy Shield Text Updated - July 6, 2016
- Leaked Extracts on Working Party Opinion Indicate Approval of Privacy Shield May Not Be Imminent - April 8, 2016
- The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Is a Victory for Common Sense and Transatlantic Good Will - March 9, 2016
- Article 29 Working Party Confirms that EU Standard Contractual Clauses and Binding Corporate Rules are Still Valid – for the Time-Being - February 3, 2016
- New Framework on Transatlantic Data Flows Agreed – the “EU-US Privacy Shield” - February 2, 2016
- European Parliament Adopts Surveillance Resolution Aimed at Mass Surveillance and Prompting Progress on Safe Harbor 2.0 - November 6, 2015
- EU Commissioner Jourová encourages further progress amidst Safe Harbor fall out - November 4, 2015
- Safeguards and Oversight of U.S. Surveillance Under Section 702 - October 25, 2015
- European Data Protection Authorities Give Companies Three Months to Assess New International Data Transfer Solutions and Call “Urgently” for Safe Harbor 2.0 – Model Contracts and Binding Corporate Rules Remain Viable - October 16, 2015
- Safe Harbor: Your Questions Answered - October 9, 2015
- The U.S. Government Largely Has Itself to Blame for the EU Court’s Safe Harbor Decision - October 8, 2015
- Safe Harbor Declared Invalid by European Court of Justice - October 6, 2015
- Opinion by ECJ Advocate General Finds Safe Harbor Invalid - September 24, 2015
Further Resources
- Data transfers under review: a new EU-US Privacy Shield - Data Protection Law & Policy - February 2016
- The Impact of the Court of Justice of the EU’s Judgment Declaring The European Commission’s EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Decision Invalid, Bloomberg BNA - November 23, 2015
- Safe Harbour invalidation puts EU data in quarantine, euobserver - October 26, 2015
- Europe Needlessly Endangers Its U.S. Digital Links, The Wall Street Journal - October, 25, 2015
- Statement of the Article 29 Working Party, Brussels - October 16, 2015
- Sidley Austin’s Response to the European Commission and Article 29 Working Party regarding the CJEU’s decision in the Schrems case - October 14, 2015
- Why Has a European Court Banned Sending Personal Data Across the Atlantic?, News Week - October 10, 2015
- Finding a Safe Harbor for Safe Harbor, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) - October 1, 2015
