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The CJEU invalidates the EU-US “privacy shield”

Ainara Bordes

 / 16 July 2020 / News

The Court of Justice invalidates Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield. Nevertheless, the Court considers that Commission Decision on standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries is valid. See CJEU’s press release  https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-07/cp200091en.pdf For the Judgement http://curia.europa.eu/juris/document/document.jsf?text=&docid=228677&pageIndex=0&doclang=en&mode=lst&dir=&occ=first&part=1&cid=9712167

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NEW PUBLICATION: The Ecosystem Concept: A Holistic Approach to Privacy Protection

Lauren Elrick

 / 25 June 2020 / News

Lauren Elrick (ESR No.1) has recently published an article in the International Review of Law, Computers and Technology, Special Issue: The Future of Legal Regulation: The Intersection of Creativity, Technology and Biology.    Please see below for full details.   Article Title: The Ecosystem Concept: A Holistic Approach to Privacy Protection   Article Abstract: Proportionality remains a

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Upcoming Event: NISA International Conference 2019, 21st November, The Hague

Ketan Modh

 / 9 October 2019 / News

Silviu Paicu will be presenting at the NISA International Conference 2019. Please see here for details on the conference. An abstract of his topic is followed by his bio. Abstract: A dangerous method: the use of bulk hacking in large-scale operations by the security and intelligence services and its transformative impact on the process of intelligence collection 

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Upcoming Event: Digital Document Security Conference, Berlin [13-15 May, 2019]

Ketan Modh

 / 9 May 2019 / News

Ketan Modh, ESR10, shall be attending the Digital Document Security Conference in Berlin next week. Please see below for complete details: Date: 13-15 May, 2019 Location: Berlin, Germany Conference Name: Digital Document Security Conference Summary (from the website): The Digital Document Security Conference (DDS) is a response to the introduction of digital systems in to

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Upcoming Event: IAFIE-EUROPE 2019 Conference, Bucharest, 14 – 17 April 2019

Agnes Venema

 / 11 April 2019 / News

Ms. Agnes Venema shall be presenting the following event. Please see below for full details.   Date: 14 – 17 April 2019 Location: Bucharest, Romania Conference/Event Name:  International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE)-EUROPE Conference 2019   Title: When Your Eyes Deceive You: The Impact of Deepfakes on Image Analysis in Intelligence   Summary: Image analysis in

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EDPS Opinion on the negotiating mandate of an EU-US agreement on cross-border access to electronic evidence

Halefom Abraha

 / 3 April 2019 / News

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) released an Opinion on the potential EU-US agreement on facilitating cross-border data access in criminal matters. In his Opinion, the EDPS welcomed the Commission’s Recommendation authorizing the opening of negotiations between the EU and the US on cross-border access to electronic evidence as envisaged by the CLOUD Act. To

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How much does your government spy on you? U.N. may rank the snoopers

Halefom Abraha

 / 11 March 2019 / News

Joseph Cannataci, the U.N. special rapporteur on the right to privacy, who is also supervising some of the Research Fellows at ESSENTIAL, has submitted a draft questionnaire on ‘’Metrics for Privacy’’, which would be a first step toward ranking the governments that are potentially doing the most snooping on their own citizens. In his report,

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