Step-by-step guide to Schrems II and Privacy Shield’s invalidation
Data Privacy News: Step-by-step guide to Schrems II and Privacy Shield’s invalidation, and what it means for you
Last Thursday, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), the European Union’s top court, struck down the EU-US data sharing agreement, Privacy Shield, technically known as the EU-US Data Protection Shield.
The case known as Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (also referred to as Schrems II) ruled that the data sharing agreement between the EU and the US, Privacy Shield, is not suitable as it does not provide adequate protection for EU citizens’ personal data when stored in the United States.