Advocate General opinion on EU-US Facebook data transfer suggests Safe Harbor decision invalid | Practical Law

Advocate General opinion on EU-US Facebook data transfer suggests Safe Harbor decision invalid | Practical Law

ECJ Advocate General Bot has opined that EU Commission Decision 2000/520/EC on the adequacy of protection provided by the EU-US Safe Harbor programme should not prevent EU national authorities from suspending data transfers to the US and should be declared invalid. (Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner, Case C‑362/14, 23 September 2015.)

Advocate General opinion on EU-US Facebook data transfer suggests Safe Harbor decision invalid

by Practical Law Data Protection
Published on 24 Sep 2015 • European Union
ECJ Advocate General Bot has opined that EU Commission Decision 2000/520/EC on the adequacy of protection provided by the EU-US Safe Harbor programme should not prevent EU national authorities from suspending data transfers to the US and should be declared invalid. (Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner, Case C‑362/14, 23 September 2015.)