# When the facts change, adequacy must be reviewed

- Type: News
- Source: European Digital Rights
- Date: 2026-07-14
- Original: https://edri.org/our-work/when-the-facts-change-adequacy-must-be-reviewed/
- Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/96830
- Topics: International Transfer, Personal Data, Privacy Shield

## Summary

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, EDRi and other 36 civil society organisations and academics have urged the European Commission to immediately reassess the EU-US adequacy decision. The ruling undermines one of the safeguards on which the Commission relied when concluding that personal data transferred to the United States receives an adequate level of protection. The post When the facts change, adequacy must be reviewed appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).

## Full text

Following the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Slaughter, EDRi and other 36 civil society organisations and academics have urged the European Commission to immediately reassess the EU-US adequacy decision. The ruling undermines one of the safeguards on which the Commission relied when concluding that personal data transferred to the United States receives an adequate level of protection. The post When the facts change, adequacy must be reviewed appeared first on European Digital Rights (EDRi).

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