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22 July 2021 Volpe Koenig To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. One year ago, on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a landmark decision in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (Schrems II). At issue were data transfers between the EU and the U.S. In a decisive blow to normal operating procedures for thousands of U.S. businesses, the Schrems II court upended two mechanisms that most companies relied on to transfer data ...

By Siddharth Sonkar Recently, in his inaugural address, US President Joe Biden announced the appointment of Christopher Hoff, to oversee the negotiations over revising the United States (US)-European Union (EU) privacy shield — the privacy pact which governed the relationship between the US and the EU in relation to international data transfers until it was invalidated on 16 July, 2020 by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Data Protection Commission v. Facebook Ireland (Schrems II). The CJEU held that the protection afforded to data of EU persons in the US to be inadequate...

On 9 February, the European Commission opened the 14th edition of the flagship REGIOSTARS awards competition that rewards that reward each year the best projects financed under Cohesion policy. Beneficiaries of all Cohesion policy-funded projects are encouraged to submit their application on five thematic categories: ‘Smart Europe: increasing the competitiveness of local businesses in a […]

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell addressed MEPs (9 February) over his controversial visit to Russia. Borrell defended his decision to meet in person with the Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov.  The visit came in the wake of a crackdown on political opposition in Russia following the arrest and imprisonment of Alexei Navalny on his […]

Tech giants in the US are preparing to operate under significant new regulation, to be ushered in by the Joe Biden administration. As the President announces quick-fire orders to tackle climate change, COVID-19 and inequality, we can expect to see a raft of changes soon that protect data privacy.  More than the matter of privacy – the issue closest to my heart – we can expect platforms like Facebook to be made liable for the content it shares – in a radical break from the very foundation of the social media business model. This means they will be held accountable in the same way media ...