Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited, Maximillian Schrems (“Schrems II”) - Case C-311/18

Reference B9-0267/2021

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Greens/EFA73

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The European Parliament adopted by 541 votes to 1, with 151 abstentions, a resolution on the ruling of the CJEU of 16 July 2020 - Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems (‘Schrems II’), Case C-311/18.As a reminder, since 2016, the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield has facilitated EU-US data transfers by establishing data privacy safeguards and protections for EU data subjects.The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), in the Schrems II judgment of 16 July 2020, invalidated the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield , finding that U.S. surveillance laws do not afford EU data subjects adequate levels of protection under the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)…