CJEU asked to determine the legal status of data transfers under Standard Contractual Clauses

The Irish High Court refers Facebook privacy case to the Court of Justice of the European Unionin order to determine the legal status of data transfers under Standard Contractual Clauses. Therefore, Facebook could face questions from the CJEU about the validity of the model clauses it uses to transfer data outside of the 28-member-state bloc.

Country: Ireland

Domains: Privacy

Stakeholder: Judicial

Tags: EU law, US, Privacy Shield, Safe Harbour agreement, standard contractual clauses, model clauses, data transfer, data protection, Max Schrems, Facebook case, Irish High Court, privacy

Posted on Thursday 26 May 2016

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