Ireland’s DPC Probes Musk’s Twitter Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has announced he’ll make vast troves of Twitter user data available to journalists. But Ireland’s Data Protection Commission might not let him, and is seeking On the U.S.…
Implications of Pending EU-US Data Transfer Agreement Earlier this month, President Biden issued an executive order restricting how US intelligence services gather data that belongs to EU citizens. The order comes as a vital step forward in reaching a data…
Department of Justice Announces New Data Sharing Agreement with the United Kingdom On October 3, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime is now in effect. Under this…
News Alerts and Breach Report for Week of October 17, 2022 Implications of Pending EU-US Data Transfer Agreement Earlier this month, President Biden issued an executive order restricting how US intelligence services gather data that belongs to EU citizens. The…
Biden Signs Executive Order to Facilitate Transatlantic Data Transfers Last week, President Biden signed an executive order that would place limits on the personal data that U.S. intelligence agencies can access. The order comes—after drawn out negotiations—as part of a…
At the United Kingdom’s (UK) annual Data Protection Practitioners' Conference last month, industry and regulatory leaders gathered to discuss pressing matters in data exchange and governance. Notably, discussions were held around the newly-introduced Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDIB),…
On July 7, 2022, the cybersecurity regulatory agency from China, the Cyberspace Administration of China CAC issued the Cross-Border Data Transfer Security Assessment Measures (“CBDT Security Assessment Measures”). These measures, along with the Guidance on Cybersecurity Standards - Security Certification…
On March 25, the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issued a joint statement announcing a preliminary replacement for the Privacy Shield framework. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework will allow data transfers between…
