data transfers
TikTok privacy update in Europe confirms China staff access to data as GDPR probe continues
An incoming privacy policy change announced by TikTok yesterday for users in Europe — which, for the first time, names China as one of several third countries where user data…
Facebook avoids a service shutdown in Europe for now
Facebook has avoided the risk of being forced to shut down its service in Europe this summer as a result of the latest twist in a long-running data protection complaint…
Summer decision looms for Facebook’s EU-US data transfers
The wheels of privacy enforcement are slowly turning against Facebook in Europe — where its lead data protection regulator, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), has taken a key procedural step…
EU-US data transfers deal could be finalized by end of year, says bloc
The European Commission continues to eschew pronouncing a firm timeline for finalizing a new EU-U.S. data transfers deal after the two sides reached a political agreement on a way forward…
Public sector bodies’ use of cloud services probed in joint EU data protection enforcement
A coordinated enforcement action focused on public sector bodies’ use of cloud services is kicking off across the European Union. More than 80 public bodies in a wide range of…
Europe puts out advice on fixing international data transfers that’s cold comfort for Facebook
Following the landmark CJEU ‘Schrems II’ ruling in July, which invalidated the four-year-old EU-US Privacy Shield, European data protection regulators have today published 38-pages of guidance for businesses stuck trying to…
Tech giants are ignoring questions over the legality of their EU-US data transfers
A survey of responses from more than 30 companies to questions about how they’re approaching EU-U.S. data transfers in the wake of a landmark ruling (aka Schrems II) by Europe’s…
Facebook denies it will pull service in Europe over data transfer ban
Facebook’s head of global policy has denied the tech giant could close its service to Europeans if local regulators order it to suspend data transfers to the U.S. following a…
Facebook seeks fresh legal delay to block order to suspend its transatlantic data transfers
Facebook is firing up its lawyers to try to block EU regulators from forcing it to suspend transatlantic data transfers in the wake of a landmark ruling by Europe’s top…
UK wants pandemic levels of data sharing to be the new normal
The UK government has published a national data strategy today, setting out a plan to promote the use and prioritize the reuse of data as a lever for economic growth…
Europe’s justice commissioner has conceded there will be “no quick fix” for EU-US data transfers in the wake of the decision by the region’s top court in July that struck…
Facebook gets leave to appeal to Ireland’s Supreme Court after failing to block data transfer referral to CJEU
Facebook has been given the go ahead to appeal to Ireland’s Supreme Court against an earlier High Court decision to refer key questions relating to the validity of EU-US data…
Trump order strips privacy rights from non-U.S. citizens, could nix EU-US data flows
An Executive Order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump in his first few days in office could jeopardize a six-month-old data transfer framework that enables EU citizens’ personal data to…
European privacy watchdogs unhappy with draft EU-US data transfer deal
If you were under the impression that a new data transfer agreement had been locked down between Europe and the US — to restore legal confidence in commercial data flows…
