There is a strong business case for defensible disposition, which is the process of disposing of company information when it is no longer needed for business or legal purposes. Key business benefits for defensible disposition include saving costs for storage; improving operational efficiency by better enabling employees to access needed information without having to wade…
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…
In the midst of uncertainty over the future of standard contractual clauses (“SCCs”) and other mechanisms for legitimizing transfers of personal data from the EU to the U.S., the Irish High Court shed some light today on the schedule for the challenge of SCCs currently pending in Facebook v. Schrems. The Irish High Court will…
Laura Fey is quoted in a Super Lawyers® feature story, “Is Privacy Dead?: Navigating the Digital Age with Top Privacy and Technology Lawyers.” In the piece, Laura shares her thoughts on what she calls the “Internet-of-Everything,” the increasing prevalence of devices that track the movements, health conditions, habits, etc. of human beings. Laura also shared…
The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidating the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner (C-362-14) left countless companies with questions concerning how broadly that decision will be interpreted; when and how the decision will be enforced; and whether and how companies can lawfully transfer data from…
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