Surveillance & Privacy

A Safe Harbor Briefing from Giovanni Buttarelli

Cody M. Poplin
Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 9:59 AM

Yesterday, DataGuidance and Sidley Austin LLP hosted a live Q&A wilth Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), to discuss the state of play following the European Court of Justice's decision in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, which effectively invalidated the Safe Harbor framework.

Mr. Buttarelli outlines how the situation is being resolved and what practical options companies can consider in the wake of the decision.

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Yesterday, DataGuidance and Sidley Austin LLP hosted a live Q&A wilth Giovanni Buttarelli, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), to discuss the state of play following the European Court of Justice's decision in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, which effectively invalidated the Safe Harbor framework.

Mr. Buttarelli outlines how the situation is being resolved and what practical options companies can consider in the wake of the decision.

In addition to Mr. Buttarelli, the panel featured David Longford of DataGuidance as well as William Long, Maarten Meulenbelt, and Alan Charles Raul, all partners at Sidley Austin.

You can watch the Q&A session below:


Cody Poplin is a student at Yale Law School. Prior to law school, Cody worked at the Brookings Institution and served as an editor of Lawfare. He graduated from the UNC-Chapel Hill in 2012 with degrees in Political Science & Peace, War, and Defense.

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