Following Schrems I case (C-362/14 of 6 October 2015), which
invalidated the Safe Harbour Privacy Principles, another legal
action filed by Max Schrems challenges the EU to U.S. personal data
transfers made by Facebook on the basis of the Standard Contractual
Clauses approved by the European Commission (the "SCCs").
According to Mr. Schrems, such transfers infringe the EU data
protection law as they allow U.S. authorities to access his
personal data. On 19 December 2019, the Advocate General observed
that the SCCs used by controllers to transfer personal data to
processors established in third countries were themselves valid
under the EU data protection law.
For more information on the procedure and/or the Opinion of the
Advocate General, please have a look at our article
here.
