Schrems issues warning over future of EU-US data transfers

In a blog article, Austrian privacy activist and honorary chair of NOYB, Max Schrems, warns that legal data transfers between Europe and the USA under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and Standard Contract Clauses (SCCs) are under threat. Schrems notes that the legal framework governing these data flows is complex, fragmented, and lacks a robust US privacy law. He goes on to explain that this precarious situation could lead to the collapse of the data transfer system if any single component fails. With increasing instability in the US legal system and a growing hostility towards the EU coming from the Trump administration, Schrems argues that it is time to reassess how and where EU personal data is processed in the US. The article addresses several potential points of failure that could have significant implications for EU-US data flows, including the independence of the Federal Trade Commission, the Data Protection Review Court, and Biden’s Executive Order EO 14.086.

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