Data protection / data protection agencies / Privacy / safe harbour

DPAs or national supervisory authorities and the CJEU in Schrems: what does it mean to “engage in legal proceedings”?

The CJEU has definitely been very bold in its recent decision in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner. While the judgement of the CJEU is more convincing than the opinion of the Advocate General (see my posts here and here), it is obviously not perfect. [But I wonder, perhaps naively: shouldn’t the CJEU’s decision be seen … Continue reading

Data protection / Data transfer / safe harbour

The CJEU in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner: Commission Decision 2000/520 is invalid!

Here we are: less than 2 weeks after the issuance of the opinion of the Advocate General (AG) Bot in the case Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (see my post here) the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared today that the US-EU safe harbour framework was invalid! While this is definitely one … Continue reading