International Data Transfers – what should employers do now?

This week (Tuesday,  February 7, 2017), the hearings have started in the “Schrems II” litigation before the Irish High Court. The result of this litigation might be that the High Court refers proceedings to the European Court of Justice (EU CoJ) with the request to declare the “Standard Contract Clauses” (SCC) to be invalid. This is just another development around international transfers, following the EU…

Neue DatenschutzgrundVO - New Data Protection Regulation [GER/ENG]

[Please scroll down for English language version] Europaparlament beschließt Datenschutzgrundverordnung Das Europaparlament hat gestern nach mehr als vier Jahren Verhandlungen auf EU-Ebene die neue Datenschutzgrundverordnung verabschiedet. „The European Commission welcomes the final adoption of the new EU data protection rules by the European Parliament, following the adoption by the Council last Friday. Today’s vote marks a significant achievement, and the culmination of over four years…