By: Liav Shapira, adv. (Israel) | Samson Morpurgo, Adv. (Israel) | Levi Sanders, Adv. (New York) Max Schrems is back and has done it again. By striking down the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework governing the transfer mechanism by which the personal data can be transferred out of the EEA (Schrems II), he unintentionally instilled new hope […]
.By Samson Morpurgo, Data Protection & Privacy Lawyer These days, it seems like there is no governmental body in Israel that doesn't participate in the substantial effort against the coronavirus and attempts to prevent it from spreading. While the General Security Service helps locate people that might be infected, the Mossad (the national intelligence agency […]
.By Liav Shapira, Adv. & Eduardo Ludmer, Adv Relations between Brazil and Israel have never been so good. From trade treaties to technology investment, tourism to unconditional political support, the land of milk and honey found in the new rightist Brazil led by President Bolsonaro a staunch ally Not only in the political field Brazil […]
Israel has enjoyed momentous development of the warfare against cyber-attacks over the last few years. However, the legal field has lacked such advance. While we witness technological improvements we have never seen before, we lag behind most of the developed countries on legal aspects. Israeli legislation in this field is mostly outdated. Therefore, it was […]
One of the key issues in the field of privacy protection in Israel is the balance between the right to privacy and the protection of the data stored on computerized databases. These databases used to comprise mere compact cassettes or big magnetic tapes when the Privacy Protection Law was legislated (1981), while today they are […]
The recent major structural change in the Google Corporation attracted much interest around the world. Google, which will provide internet services (including the search engine, YouTube, Google Maps and other applications), was separated from Alphabet and the other subsidiaries of the giant corporation. This structural change reestablishes Google as the world-leading information technology organization (and […]