Data privacy issues in the European Union seem to be a reoccurring theme here on the blog, following Court of Justice of the European Union's judgment in Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner (C-362-14) on October 6. We've posted about it here and also had a recent Reed Smith Client Alert here. Last week, European Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova stated that an agreement in principle had been reached with the United States on a new trans-Atlantic data transfer pact, dubbed "Safe Harbor 2.0." On October 16, the Article 29 Working Party released a coordinated statement, promising a "robust, collective and common position" on the carrying out of the CJEU's judgment by national Data Protection Authorities.
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