CJEU hears case on EU-US data transfers (Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield)

Download: Press Release Due to a number of requests, we have summarized the key facts of the case before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on EU-US data transfers and mass surveillance by the US government. The case will be heard tomorrow (9:00, Tuesday, July 9th) before the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice. Common misunderstandings of the case Is this case about all EU-US data transfers? No, it only about transfers to the US that are subject to “mass surveillance”. In most situations, there are simple ways to avoid mass surveillance and many industry sectors (e.g. banks, airlines, trade and banking) do not fall under any such mass surveillance law. The complaint by Mr Schrems only targets Facebook, who is named in the Snowden document as aiding the NSA with mass surveillance under “PRISM”. It this case about all international EU data transfers? Of the parties to the procedure, only the Irish Data Protection Commissioner takes the view that the “Standard Contractua