Category Archives: data localization

European Commission and United States Joint Statement on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework

European Commission and United States Joint Statement on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework The European Commission and the United States announce that they have agreed in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, which will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and … Continue reading

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Court of Justice: Real-time data collection and data retention – Threat to national security.

The Court of Justice confirms that EU law precludes national legislation requiring a provider of electronic communications services to carry out the general and indiscriminate transmission or retention of traffic data and location data for the purpose of combating crime … Continue reading

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The Court of Justice invalidates Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield

Judgment in Case C-311/18 Press and Information Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems July 16, 2020 cp200091en 20200716 CJEU Schrems II

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EU to ban data localisation restrictions – A breve il divieto UE sulle restrizioni in materia di localizzazione dei dati

The EU is moving to boost its data economy by creating a single market for data storage and processing services, such as cloud computing. This freedom to choose a data service provider anywhere in Europe is expected to lead to … Continue reading

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