GDPR
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Max Schrems shoots down new transatlantic data privacy treaty
Read moreThis week, the European Commission adopted a new adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Max Schrems, the influential Austrian lawyer and data privacy activist who already successfully had the two previous incarnations of the treaty overturned by the European Court of Justice (CJEU), nevertheless sees the new treaty as little more than a…
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Privacy Shield, Standard Contractual Clauses, CLOUD Act: Privacy activist Max Schrems’ advice for worried companies
Read moreEven if US cloud providers are running their own data centers in Europe, the data stored there is not protected from access under the FISA Act, according to Schrems. Also, new SCC versions will be much more complicated to apply, says Europe’s most well-known data protection activist.
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Data protection authority in Germany declares use of Mailchimp unlawful in certain cases
Read moreEuropean companies using US-based services are increasingly burdened with the responsibility of conducting and documenting data protection assessments.
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GAIA-X: Retarus actively committed to a data-sovereign Europe
Read moreAs a founding member of the international non-profit organization GAIA-X AISBL , Retarus is representing the communication, data security, and EU data protection interests of its European customers in the global GAIA-X cloud initiative.
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Is it possible to utilize Cloud Services in a GDPR-compliant manner?
Read more“Authorities should immediately stop using Microsoft” was the strident tone echoed across headlines following a recent press release issued by a German state Data Protection Commissioner. However, there are cloud services that are fully GDPR compliant.
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The CJEU overturns “Privacy Shield”. So what now?
Read moreIn response to a complaint by the Austrian data rights activist Max Schrems, the Court of Justice of the European Union declared the EU-USA data protection agreement “Privacy Shield” invalid on 16 July 2020. This means that the second agreement on the protection of personal data of EU citizens in the USA has already failed…
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GDPR: The countdown has started
Read moreFacebook would like to give its 2 billion users more control over their own data, before the new EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into force directly at the end of May 2018.
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How to ensure that your email communication is GDPR ready
Read moreThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come fully into force on May 25th, 2018. With the help of Retarus E-Mail Services you ensure that your email communication is GDPR ready.
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GDPR: On the safe side with Retarus
Read moreIn May 2018 the new Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which is harmonized across the EU, will come fully into force. Is your company prepared?