Cross-border data flows lie at the heart of the global digital economy and are a key driver of international trade. The term “data flows” refers to the transfer of data packets from one point or end device to another using the network of the Internet. However, as the digital economy…
This cyberattack, which potentially affected 43 million French people, highlights the complex challenges related to the cross-border movement of data on a global scale. As the volume of data generated continues to explode, the management of these flows raises questions of sovereignty, security, and equity between countries. Faced with these…
On the 22nd of May 2023, The Irish Data Protection Authority known as the DPC sanctioned Meta for an amount of 1.2 billion euros. Let’s see why. The context Since the 1st of August 2016, it has been possible to transfer personal data between the EU and the US thanks…
The innovative side of Spotify - which has integrated the notion of audio streaming into our lives - aside, it has managed to differentiate itself from its competitors by focusing on a personalized musical experience and by offering personalized playlists to its users. Initially, the main purpose of Spotify was…
After almost two year of negotiations, the EU and US finally announced to have agreed in principle on a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework. Yet beyond the grand political declaration, this new framework's legal resilience has yet to be tested. I. The post-Schrems II situation As a reminder, in…
Image Credits : The Blockchain Land The sectors that can be related to blockchain are not limited to a specific field such as decentralized finance or cryptocurrencies. Blockchain technology makes it possible, through its applications, to resolve a considerable number of issues around the world. One of them is the…
Brexit has been decided in the wake of the referendum of June 23d, 2016. Negotiations are presently in progress to set the exit's conditions of the UK. The question is how will be managed personnal data between UK and EU? Data protection until Brexit will come into force ICO (The…