EU Data Protection: Standard Contractual Clauses May have Been Confirmed by the CJEU, But At What Price?

July 16th, 2020 | Posted by Claude-Etienne Armingaud in Data Transfer | Europe | Privacy - (0 Comments)

The long awaited Schrems II decision was published by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 16 July 2020 (Court of Justice of the European Union – Grand Chamber – 16 July 2020 – C-311/18 – Schrems II) and while it has already been summarized as the death blow to the Privacy Shield framework and the confirmation of the validity of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) by many, it may only be a Pyrrhic victory for the latter, as far as transfers to the US are concerned.

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