The End of EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) issued a landmark ruling in case C-311/18 – Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (more commonly referred to as Schrems II). The court found that U.S. national intelligence laws (FISA 702 and Executive Order 12333) provide inadequate privacy protection for EU data subjects, who may be (knowingly or unknowingly) surveilled by U.S. government authorities. The CJEU ’s decision immediately invalidated […]
