This week’s alert covers news from the EU, Germany, UK and the US.

EU

  • Commissioner Remarks on Safe Harbor

Germany

  • Data Protection Commissioner Issues Paper on EU-US Data Transfer Mechanisms
  • “Düsseldorfer Kreis” Releases Guidelines for Surveillance in Public Transport

UK

  • Information Commissioner’s Office Issues Fine for Unsolicited Text Messages
  • ICO Agreement on Cross-Border Privacy Enforcement
  • ICO Update on Safe Harbor

US

  • Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Passed by Senate

For more information on any of these items, or data privacy issues generally, please feel free to call any of the following individuals:

Annette Demmel (Germany)