Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (LexBlog Ireland)
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Schrems II: The CJEU Declares EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid, Upholds the SCCs And Calls On 27 Supervisory Authorities to Ensure Their Compliance
In a highly-anticipated landmark judgment handed down on July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”) in Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”, summarised in part 3. below and the full text of which can be accessed here) has: invalidated the European Commission Decision 2016/1250...
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Data Transfer Mechanisms to be Reviewed by CJEU After Irish Supreme Court Dismisses Facebook Appeal
On 31 May 2019, the Supreme Court of Ireland dismissed Facebook’s appeal of the Irish High Court decision to refer questions regarding, among other things, the adequacy of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses to the Court of Justice of the EU (the “CJEU”). The CJEU will hear the case...
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U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Privacy Case Regarding Emails Stored On Microsoft Servers Overseas
On October 16, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a highly publicized Second Circuit decision, which held that the federal government cannot use warrants issued under the Stored Communications Act to seize customer emails stored exclusively on foreign servers. Under the decision, Microsoft was permitted to refrain from producing emails stored on a...