CJEU – AG Opinion, First Statement

Data Transfers Data Protection Authorities must stop data transfers if Fundamental Rights are violated. Serious doubts over Privacy Shield. Advocate General applies ECHR instead of CFR. Schrems: “The opinion follows almost all of our arguments” Download the First Statement here (PDF) Download the Background Document here (PDF) Max Schrems’ (chair of noyb.eu and party to the case) first reaction to the opinion of the Advocate General: “I am generally happy about the opinion of the Advocate General. The opinion is in line with our legal arguments. This is a total blow to the Irish DPC and Facebook as well as a very important step for users’ privacy. What is a problem is that the Advocate General is proposing a lower level or privacy protections for “national security” under the ECHR, not the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.” Serious Doubts over Privacy Shield. An issue that was partly touched by the eleven questions of the Irish High Court, was the role of the new EU-US data transfer