Dr Clarisse Girot of Asian Business Law Institute, Mark Parsons of Hogan Lovells and Olga Ganopolsky of Macquarie Group discuss practical issues and geopolitical sensitives. The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Schrems and Facebook Ireland v Data Protection Commissioner[1] (“Schrems II”) concerns the interpretation of the GDPR as a matter of EU law, but the implications of this ruling are global in their dimensions. [...]

On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened a hearing entitled “The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows”. The hearing: Explored policy issues that led to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s invalidation of the Privacy Shield in the Schrems II ruling; Examined the impact of the Schrems II ruling on U.S. businesses engaging in transatlantic digital commerce; and Examined steps that the U.S. Government is taking to [...]

On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened a hearing entitled “The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows”. The hearing: Explored policy issues that led to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s invalidation of the Privacy Shield in the Schrems II ruling; Examined the impact of the Schrems II ruling on U.S. businesses engaging in transatlantic digital commerce; and Examined steps that the U.S. Government is taking to [...]

On December 9, 2020, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation convened a hearing entitled “The Invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows”. The hearing: Explored policy issues that led to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s invalidation of the EU-US Privacy Shield in the Schrems II ruling; Examined the impact of the Schrems II ruling on U.S. businesses engaging in transatlantic digital commerce; and Examined steps that the U.S. Government is taking [...]