All you need to know in the Max Schrems-Facebook case

Q&A: Your questions answered on the Data Protection Commissioner privacy case

Mon, Feb 6, 2017, 16:19 Updated: Mon, Feb 6, 2017, 16:20

Elaine Edwards

Austrian privacy campaigner and lawyer Max Schrems

Austrian privacy campaigner and lawyer Max Schrems

What is this case about and why is it important?

At its core, it is the latest in a line of cases involving challenges on privacy grounds to the various methods by which companies transfer the personal data of EU citizens to countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA), mainly the US. The focus on privacy rights has grown hugely since 2013, following the revelations about US surveillance by former NSA security contractor Edward Snowden.

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