“Schrems II” reaches US Legislator: US Senate Hearing on EU-US data transfers

Data Transfers “Schrems II” reaches US Legislator: US Senate Hearing on EU-US data transfers today Today at 10:00am EST / 16:00 CET the Committee for Commerce, Science and Transportation of the United States Senate will have a hearing on the EU-US data transfers after the Schrems II decision. Max Schrems, honorary chairman of noyb and plaintiff in the underlying case before the CJEU C‑311/18 - Schrems II: “I very much welcome that the US Senate is now considering the problems we face, given the excessive US surveillance of its international customers. The problems we face can only be overcome if there are legislative changes on the US side.” Unfortunately, the hearing will only feature US lawyers, but no European expert. Next to representatives of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Commerce (DoC) the Senate will hear from Facebook’s main witness in the Irish procedure (Peter Swire), a representative of the Software Industry (Victoria Espinel) and the main wi