Privacy Shield ruled invalid
The EU’s Court of Justice has just invalidated the “Privacy Shield” data sharing system between the EU and the US, because of overreaching US surveillance. Privacy Shield ruled invalid after hearing.
Is Privacy Shield all but dead?
Commission conducting ‘preparatory work’ should ECJ invalidate Privacy Shield
The European Commission is preparing for the eventuality that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) may invalidate the EU-US data transfer agreement know as the Privacy Shield. The agreement is under threat according to Justice Commissioner, Didier Reynders.
The long-awaited case is all about whether Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) can be used to transfer data outside the EU. In this case, the question is whether they are a legitimate way of transferring data to legal regimes. However, they must respect EU data protection laws at the same time. The case comes to court on 16th July 2020, when the ECJ will rule.