
EU High Court Invalidates Privacy Shield, SCC’s Survive (for Now): What Organizations Seeking to Transfer EU Personal Data to the U.S. (and Elsewhere) Should Do Next
Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” or “Court”) reached a landmark decision in the Schrems II case (case C-311/18) (the “Schrems II Decision”) invalidating the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework. The following are our top takeaways from the CJEU’s decision: Invalidation of the Privacy Shield in its entirety, effective immediately. The CJEU…