The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) handed down its judgment on a case brought by privacy rights activist, Max Schrems (C-311/18, Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems) (Schrems II) yesterday, July 16, 2020. The case concerned the transfer of personal data to recipients in the United States via the EU Commission standard contractual clauses (SCCs) and questioned the validity of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield (Privacy Shield). The ruling affects not just transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States, it also applies to all transfers of personal data from the EU to countries outside the EEA.

Read more about this judgement in our client alert.