Data Protection: cancellation of the Privacy Shield
- 04 August 2020
- Business Consultancy
Take, for example, messaging or hosting service providers. This situation is a continuation of the one experienced in 2015, when the same Court declared the nullity of the Safe Harbor or Safe Harbor system.
The European Justice continues to consider that the US legal system does not offer the same level of guarantees as the European in relation to fundamental rights and, especially, the right to privacy and data protection. In this way, the US government and security agencies are allowed access to such data when it is considered that there is a threat to national security.
From now on, the companies involved in these transfers must adopt the appropriate measures to save this situation, such as, for example, signing (when possible) standard contractual clauses or using binding corporate rules, to request authorization from the supervisory authority. competent and carry out new risk analyzes. You can expand the information in this link.
For any questions, you can contact the Data Protection Department of CINC Asesoría (monica.vilallave@cinc.es)
