Jun. 23, 2016
First enforcement action under new EU data privacy regime
German regulators recently issued the first fines on companies who were still relying on the now-defunct EU Safe Harbor Principles for transferring data to the U.S. By Marie-José van der Heijden and Françoise Gilbert
In October 2015, the European Court of Justice invalidated a safe harbor for the transfer of personal data from the European Union to the U.S. Now, EU-based companies can no longer rely on the fact that a U.S.-based company has self-certified its adherence to the "Safe Harbor Principles" with the U.S. Department of Commerce as a means to demonstrate that the U.S. company provides an adequate leve...
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