US warns of ‘sweeping’ ramifications from Schrems case

High court begins hearing far-reaching data privacy case affecting millions of EU citizens

Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 12:12 Updated: Tue, Feb 7, 2017, 15:30

Mary Carolan

The case stems from a June 2013 complaint by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems to the Commisisoner alleging Facebook Ireland’s transfer of his personal data to the US was unlawful.

The case stems from a June 2013 complaint by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems to the Commisisoner alleging Facebook Ireland’s transfer of his personal data to the US was unlawful.

A major action by the Data Protection Commissioner aimed at having the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decide if transatlantic data transfer channels breach privacy rights of EU citizens has opened at the Commercial Court.

The commissioner has formed a “provisional” view there are “deficiencies” concerning the rights of EU citizens to access remedies under US law for any breach of their data protection rights protected by the European Charter, the court was told today.

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