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It also found that the Privacy Shield\u2019s transfer protocols did not meet the protection level mandated by EU laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24240 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d3pef22pb68mhq.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10142110\/Privacy-Shield-Inv.jpg\" alt=\"Privacy-Shield Inv\" width=\"1200\" height=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>What is the Privacy Shield?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In short, it\u2019s an agreement between the United States and the European Union that allows the transfer of personal data between citizens and companies while meeting the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/leadsbridge.com\/blog\/guides\/gdpr-compliance-implementation-for-dummies-all-the-requirements-and-things-to-do\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strict requirements of the GDPR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is why if you need to transfer customer or business data between the EU to the US, this issue is of the utmost importance to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In this article, we will focus on the intention behind Privacy Shield invalidation, why the CJEU invalidated it, what this means for you, and steps you can take to steer clear of running afoul of the rule changes.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privacy Shield invalidation, how did we get here?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Privacy Shield invalidation is a cause directly related to the CJEU decision came <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/technology\/2020\/10\/14\/meet-max-schrems-facebooks-public-enemy-number-one\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the heels of a legal battle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Irish courts involving Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Facebook, the Irish Data Protection Commission, and Austrian activist and author Max Schrems. If your company trades data with EU companies, you will have to make some changes to adapt to the new rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DATA privacy regulation in the US today<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to self-certify for Data privacy regulation in the US, the companies are required to send to the Department of Commerce certain pieces of information (such as their mailing address) and they\u2019re also required to commit to honoring the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.privacyshield.gov\/article?id=Requirements-of-Participation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seven principles of Privacy Shield<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These principles consist of the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recourse, Enforcement, and Liability\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choice<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accountability for Onward Transfer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the aforementioned Privacy Shield protocols, the CJEU <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/curia.europa.eu\/juris\/document\/document.jsf?docid=228677&amp;doclang=EN\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decided on July 16<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that Privacy Shield failed to properly safeguard the personal information of EU citizens. The court expressed the following specific issues with Privacy Shield:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privacy Shield falls short of the EU\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in terms of guaranteeing the privacy rights of EU residents.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">US government surveillance regulations present certain concerns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privacy Shield doesn\u2019t include enough restrictions to prevent the personal data of EU results from being accessed and utilized by authorities in the US.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current data protection laws in the US and EU<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your company transmits personal data to the US from the EU and doesn&#8217;t want to meet the\u00a0 Privacy Shield invalidation, you now have to implement some other kind of laws instead of current data protection laws and policies in response to the invalidated EU-US Privacy Shield. It\u2019s often the case that companies are given a period of time to prepare for rule changes of this magnitude, but there has been no such moratorium or grace period in this particular case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is also why your company would be wise to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hirewithnear.com\/find-a-hire\/data-analyst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hire a data analyst<\/a> if you haven\u2019t already. Learning about data fundamentals, assessing security measures pertaining to data privacy, and helping with issues relating to privacy compliance requirements <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/career-guides\/how-to-become-a-data-analyst\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are all critical elements<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of what a data analyst is supposed to do. These responsibilities can also be reinforced through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/corsicatech.com\/blog\/it-outsourcing-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">managed IT outsourcing support<\/a>, which provides scalable expertise in data protection and compliance. Keep in mind that EU Data Protection Authorities have the right to begin investigating any alleged breaches right away. If their investigation finds that you\u2019re in violation of the new policies, you could face punitive measures that include (but are not limited to) significant fines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24242 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/d3pef22pb68mhq.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/10142421\/image-1.png\" alt=\"image 1\" width=\"512\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">current data protection laws<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in fact,\u00a0 for non-compliance GDPR, can net companies fines of as much as EUR 20 million, although the European Data Protection Board reported in a preliminary report that the average fine has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.complianceweek.com\/gdpr\/gdpr-enforcement-varies-widely-by-country\/27436.article\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approximately EUR 66,000<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something to be mindful of is that the EU has agreed upon various Standard Contractual Clauses (SCC) designed to regulate the transmission of personal data to nations that are not deemed to offer adequate protection protocols for the transmission of personal data. According to the CJEU, meanwhile, organizations are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shearman.com\/perspectives\/2020\/07\/eu-us-data-transfers-under-attack--the-schrems-ii-cjeu-judgment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">required to conduct an analysis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ascertain whether or not SCCs would afford enough of a safeguard for data transfers in the EU.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Of course, you can\u2019t use just any alternative means to remain in compliance with the court ruling. Whatever alternative measures you use to transfer personal information must be protocols recognized and accepted by the GDPR.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news is that there are several such protocols that you can use to respect the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">current data protection laws<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One is to develop a Maturity Action Plan (MAP) roadmap to help move you toward compliance. Another is to test your applications with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiz.io\/academy\/what-is-dynamic-application-security-testing-dast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)<\/a>, a key testing methodology that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddefense.ai\/blog\/the-differences-between-sca-sast-and-dast\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">analyzes running applications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to detect any security vulnerabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll also need to determine if your privacy protocols are strong enough to accommodate SCCs as an alternative means of EU data transfers. When it comes to envisioning the type of privacy protocols you need, it might help to think about privacy and security tools used in other areas of the enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Implementing <a href=\"https:\/\/cymulate.com\/breach-and-attack-simulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breach and attack simulation<\/a> protocols to validate security control effectiveness can help identify potential vulnerabilities in your security posture.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Privacy Shield invalidation, how you can avoid problems<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll want to know about the Privacy Shield invalidation is what impact the court ruling may have on your business. Fortunately, there are things you can do to stay on the right side of the law so that you are unaffected by the CJEU ruling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the GDPR, specifically in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gdpr-info.eu\/art-14-gdpr\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 14.f<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, organizations that wish to transfer information to recipients in other nations have to provide their users with the particulars on the location where the data is being processed and stored.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite this, a whopping <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/privacycanada.net\/gdpr-pipeda-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28% of all companies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> worldwide have still not even begun their preparations to be compliant. To avoid making this same mistake, first of all, it\u2019s better to know and understand the current data protection laws, then you will need to start by knowing exactly where your information is processed and kept, and you will also need to let end-users know the precise whereabouts of the transfer if the information is transmitted outside the boundaries of the EU. You can then roll out an alternative transfer protocol so that your data is processed lawfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this article, we will see what is the Privacy Shield invalidation, the Data privacy regulation in the US, and how to avoid the invalidation of Privacy Shield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever it&#8217;s no longer business as usual for companies whose business <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/leadsbridge.com\/blog\/smart-tips-for-your-business\/server-to-server-tracking\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">involves transferring data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> internationally. The CJEU ruling in mid-July will impact the analytics tools of companies in the marketing space. You\u2019ll want to ensure your company is aware of the rules in order to be on the right side of the law and to avoid fines and other negative legal ramifications.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In mid-July of this year, the European Union Court of Justice (CJEU) rendered the EU-US Privacy Shield invalid. It also found that the Privacy Shield\u2019s transfer protocols did not meet the protection level mandated by EU laws. What is the Privacy Shield? 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