The European Commission’s (EC) International Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which we previously discussed here, contain extensive third party beneficiary rights. The EC’s decision made clear that with these new international transfer SCCs, the parties can decide for themselves which EU Member State law will govern their SCCs, provided that the Member State’s laws allowed for … Continue Reading
Article 23 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) allows EU Member States to restrict the scope of data subjects’ GDPR rights and organisations’ GDPR obligations. The Irish data protection authority, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), released guidelines (Guidelines) on GDPR Article 23 on 19 June 2018. The Irish Data Protection Act 2018 (the Act) … Continue Reading
In June 2013, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a mutual assistance and information exchange program to secure compliance with data protection and privacy laws on both sides of the Atlantic. The privacy and data protection laws between Ireland and the United … Continue Reading
