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Data export: EU provides more clarity after Schrems II

17 November 202017 November 2020 by Rob Bratby

In documents published last week, the EU provided some welcome clarity on how organisations should address the invalidation of Privacy Shield as a basis for …

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EDPB guidance on ‘supplemental measures’ for data export

24 November 202017 November 2020 by Rob Bratby

On 10 November, the European Data Protection Board adopted a recommendation on supplemental measures which might be used to ensure compliance with the EU level …

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EU and US start work on enhanced Privacy Shield: Mr Schrems to be persuaded…

12 August 202011 August 2020 by Rob Bratby

On 10 August 2020, Following the European Court’s Schrems II judgment invalidating the US Privacy Shield (and calling into question the legal basis for other …

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Exporting data from the EU after Schrems II: what to do now

31 July 2020 by Rob Bratby

As previously discussed, the European Court of Justice’s recent Schrems II decision both (i) invalidated the US privacy shield; and (ii) threw into question alternative …

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European Court invalidates US Privacy Shield and questions blanket use of Standard Contractual Clauses

21 July 202017 July 2020 by Rob Bratby

Schrems II disrupts data export from EU: on 16 July 2020, the European Court of Justice decided, overturning the 2016 Privacy Shield Decision of the European Commission, that the US Privacy Shield did not, and does not, provide an adequate level of protection for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US.

Goodbye from Watching the Connectives

16 April 202030 March 2017 by Rob Bratby

To all my readers, thank you and goodbye. This blog is now an ex-blog.

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ECJ finds Data Retention Directive invalid. What next?

10 April 2014 by Rob Bratby

On 8 April 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC interferes in a particularly serious manner with the fundamental …

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How serious is India about foreign investment as an engine for growth?

13 April 2012 by Rob Bratby

I will be spending next week in Mumbai and Delhi (with @singarbitration), and in preparation have been contemplating the impact of the recent budget proposals on foreign …

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Indian Supreme Court decision in Vodafone tax case good news for international investors in India

22 January 2012 by Rob Bratby

The judgement of India’s Supreme Court on 20 Jan in the Vodafone tax case, removes (at least for now) some of country-specific risk that has …

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Patent power (part 2) – Google buys Motorola Mobility

15 August 2011 by Rob Bratby

Today’s big news is Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility. What is fascinating is the logic for the deal. This is not a deal driven by …

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