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Lennart Schuessler

is an IT and commercial lawyer with Bird & Bird International advising national and international clients on all kind of IT, online, copyright and data protection law matters. He is a Counsel based in our Frankfurt office. He works with clients from the public sector and with customers and suppliers from a broad range of industries including IT, financial services, energy, retail, healthcare and telecommunications. Lennart’s expertise covers the full range of matters of IT-law.

Recent Articles by Lennart Schuessler

CJEU declares Commission’s US Safe Harbor Decision Invalid

The decision creates significant uncertainty for organizations who rely on Safe Harbor either for their own, internal data transfers, or because they use a service provider which, in turn, relies on Safe Harbor to provide adequacy for its transfers to the US. Alternative methods of addressing data transfers will be needed – such as implementing EU Commission approved data transfer agreements, or obtaining individual consent. Although the decision has invalidated Safe Harbor – with immediate effect – organizations will need to look to the reactions of national data protection authorities to determine how urgently to implement alternative data transfer solutions.