Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems

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Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (often called Schrems II) is a landmark 2020 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union that reshaped international data transfers by striking down the EU–US Privacy Shield framework and tightening conditions for using standard contractual clauses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court case
judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union
landmark data protection case
concerns level of protection essentially equivalent to EU law
surveillance by US public authorities
transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States
declaresInvalid Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250
EU–US Privacy Shield adequacy decision
follows Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner
Schrems I
hasCaseNumber C‑311/18
hasCourt CJEU
Court of Justice of the European Union
hasDate 16 July 2020
hasDefendant Facebook Ireland
Facebook Ireland Ltd
Maximillian Schrems
linked to: Maximilian Schrems
hasImpactOn EU data exporters
US data importers
cloud service providers
multinational technology companies
hasJurisdiction European Union
hasPartyRole Data Protection Commissioner as supervisory authority
Facebook Ireland as data exporter
Maximillian Schrems as complainant
linked to: Maximilian Schrems
hasPlaintiff Data Protection Commissioner
hasShortName Schrems II
hasSubject EU–US Privacy Shield
EU–US data transfers
international data transfers
standard contractual clauses
hasYear 2020
imposesRequirement case-by-case assessment of third-country law for SCCs
implementation of supplementary measures for SCCs where necessary
isLandmarkFor EU data protection law
international data transfer mechanisms
languageOfProceedings English
motivatedCreationOf EU–US Data Privacy Framework
originatedIn Ireland
overturns EU–US Privacy Shield
relatesToLaw Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
GDPR Article 45
linked to: GDPR

GDPR Article 46
linked to: GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation
linked to: GDPR
upholdsValidityOf Commission Decision 2010/87/EU
standard contractual clauses

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