On April 11, Justice Caroline Costello of the Irish High Court referred the Schrems 2.0 case to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) with 11 questions for the ECJ to answer. Per Justice Costello, the sole issue in the case is whether the … [Read more] about Irish High Court Refers Schrems 2.0 to the ECJ
On April 3, the Hong Kong Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) announced the publication of the “European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016” guidance document. The PCPD explains that the publication was … [Read more] about Privacy Commissioner of Hong Kong Issues a GDPR Guidance Document
The Council of the European Union published a new draft of the ePrivacy Regulation (link here) for discussion purposes on 22 March. This draft aims to facilitate discussions as we are moving towards the final version of the ePrivacy Regulation. As … [Read more] about Council of the European Union publishes new draft ePrivacy Regulation
On Friday morning, March 23, President Trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill into law, including the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, and in doing so established a sea change in the rules for cross-border government … [Read more] about The CLOUD Act and its Impact on Cross-Border Access to the Contents of Communications
On February 16, 2018, the Brussels Court of First Instance rendered a judgment in proceedings brought by the Belgian Privacy Commission’s against Facebook. The case forms one part of two-tiered litigation brought by the Commission in regards to … [Read more] about Belgian Court Uses Novel Argument to Assume International Jurisdiction over Non-EU Facebook Entities