Advocate general will issue his view on EU data transfers tomorrow
Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, Advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union, tomorrow will issue his opinion in case brought by Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems.
At stake are standard contractual clauses used by Facebook and hundreds of thousands of companies, ranging from banks to industrial giants to carmakers, to transfer personal data to the United States and other parts of the world.
The opinion by advocate general is non-binding. However, judges follow such recommendations in four out of five cases. The court will rule in the coming months.
Source: Facebook, privacy activist Schrems battle nears end on Dec. 19 – Reuters
