Month: July 2020
Europe’s Highest Court Invalidates the EU-US Privacy Shield, Casts Doubt on Viability of Model Clauses for Data Transfers to the US
On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a decision that uprooted long-standing legal frameworks on which thousands of US and EU companies have relied to transfer personal data from the EU to the US.
CCPA Round-Up: Enforcement Begins; “CCPA 2.0” Qualifies for November Ballot; Facebook Updates CCPA Stance
The California Attorney General’s power to enforce the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect today, July 1, 2020, after a busy week of CCPA-related developments that included: The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (aka “CCPA 2.0”) qualifying for California’s November 3, 2020 General Election ballot; and Facebook’s announcement […]