Not So Safe: The ECJ Strikes Down U.S.-EU Safe Harbor

The Safe Harbor Framework governing transfer of personal information from the European Union to the United States is no more. On October 6, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck down the vaunted bilateral data protection and transfer agreement, impacting...
Update: EU-US Privacy Shield

Update: EU-US Privacy Shield

UPDATE: Since this article was drafted, Privacy Shield has been formally adopted and is now in effect. Please see this article for more information. After four months of frantic negotiations, the U.S. and the European Union have a new deal on cross-border data...