Today, researchers of the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law (IViR) have published an independent study that clearly shows […]
TACD Calls on EU to Reject “Privacy Shield” Proposal
Scheme Fails to Protect Consumers’ Fundamental Rights to Privacy and Data Protection Following the 29 February 2016 release of the […]
The Safe Harbour is Dead, long live the Not-so-safe Harbour?
The ‘Privacy Shield’ PR fanfare was clearly designed to buy the Commission more time before the European authorities started enforcing […]
Fundamental rights are fundamental
At International Privacy Conference, Consumer, Digital Rights and Data Protection Groups Call for Strong Laws to Protect Public. TACD alongside […]
TACD Statement in Response to European Court of Justice Safe Harbour Ruling
EU and US consumer organisations, represented by TACD, welcome today’s decision by the Court which finds that the special status […]
Data Protection Authorities confirm that EU-US Privacy Shield proposal is below EU data protection standards
Today, the European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) sent the so-called EU-US Privacy Shield back to the drawing board. Following a […]
TACD’s recommendations on the proposed food safety chapter in TTIP
Last November the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), a trade and investment agreement between the U.S. and 11 other countries of […]
Response to the EU Commission’s Investor-State Dispute Settlement “reform” proposal
TACD has adopted a new resolution, responding to the EU’s proposal for an “Investment Court System”, designed to replace the […]
EU and US organisations welcome the European Court of Justice Safe Harbor Ruling
Last week’s momentous ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which declared safe harbor invalid under EU’s data protection and […]
Trade agreements and data flows: TACD at public hearing of European Parliament
On 16 June 2015, Finn Myrstad (Head of the Digital Services Section at the Norwegian Consumer Council and EU Co‐Chair […]