In September of 2018, the Federal Trade Commission filed complaints against four companies for falsely claiming to be certified under the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, alleging such acts constituted deceptive acts or practices violating Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act. One company claimed on its website that it “complies with the EU-U.S. Privacy [S]hield framework”…
Laura Clark Fey, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, Principal of Fey LLC, will speak at the IAPP Denver KnowledgeNet on “Third-Party Vendor Selection and Contracting: Limiting Risk under the Privacy Shield, GDPR, and Privacy Regulations Worldwide.” She will co-present with Jennifer Mullins, CIPP/E, General Counsel of SafeGuard World International. We have inserted more information on this…
If your company plans to join the Privacy Shield, if possible, you should try to self-certify by September 30, 2016. By doing so, you will be able to take advantage of a nine-month grace period to bring existing third-party relationships in conformance with the Accountability for Onward Transfer Principle. Why is this nine-month grace period…
Yesterday, the Article 29 Working Party (“Working Party”) released a statement concerning the final version of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. Yesterday’s statement from the Working Party is generally more favorable than its April opinion on the previous draft Privacy Shield. Here are our key takeaways from yesterday’s press release: The Working Party Considers the Privacy…
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