LIBE study examines EU-US data transfers post Schrems II

13/07/2021 | European Parliament

A study commissioned by the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs examined data transfers between the EU and US following the Court of Justice of the European Union's Schrems II ruling. The study calls for major reforms of US laws after it concluded US federal and state privacy laws are not "likely to provide 'essentially equivalent' protection compared to the EU [General Data Protection Regulation] in the foreseeable future."

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