In July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield invalid. The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program was designed to provide European Economic Area (EEA) data transferred to the U.S. with a level of protection comparable to EU law. The CJEU invalidated the program stating that U.S. companies could
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Transferring Employee Data after EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalidated
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti & Mary T. Costigan on
Businesses are now prohibited from transferring employee personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to the U.S. under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield program. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield invalid in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Schrems (C-311/18) (Schrems II), effective immediately. Businesses that…
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Program for Transfer of Personal Data to U.S. Found Invalid
By Joseph J. Lazzarotti & Mary T. Costigan on
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) published its decision in the matter of Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”). The matter, arising from the transfer of Schrems’ personal data by Facebook Ireland to Facebook Inc. in the United States, presented questions…