Alternatives to Safe Harbor for the transfer of data between the EU and the US

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On May 25, 2016, Schrem's website "Europe v Facebook" (website collecting information regarding class actions against Facebook) released a press update according to which the Irish Data Protection Commissioner may refer another issue to the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) i.e., according to the website, whether “Facebook can continue to transfer data from the EU to the US after the invalidation of the 'Safe Harbor' system by the Court on October 6th 2015 and given continues application Read more [...]

European American Chamber of Commerce’s event on Privacy Shield

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On May 18, 2016, the European American Chamber of Commerce sponsored a discussion the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (Safe Harbor 2.0).  The panel discussed the steps that brought to the agreement between the EU Commission and US Government. More information to this regard is available at http://www.technethics.com... The panel then discussed the key contents of the Privacy Shield. In particular, Krystin Jenci, the Director of the Office of Digital Services Industries, Department of Commerce’s Read more [...]

Cybersecurity Commission open meeting to enhance National Cybersecurity

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
On May 16, 2016, the Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity ("Cybersecurity Commission') held an open meeting. The primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the finance and insurance sectors as the Commission develops detailed recommendations to strengthen cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors while protecting privacy, ensuring public safety and economic and national security, fostering discovery and development of new technical Read more [...]

Ashley Archer-Hayes, et al. v. Toytalk Inc., et al., Case No. BC603467, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles

Posted on by Federica Romanelli
In December 2015, a class action lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in Los Angeles against Mattel and ToyTalk by parents looking for injunctive relief and money damages for Defendants' inherently dangerous product (Hello Barbie) and unlawful and negligent collection, use, and distribution of minors' personal information. "Hello Barbie” is an artificial intelligence-enabled fashion doll designed to engage in conversation with children, record conversations, collect and store in a cloud database. In Read more [...]