CJEU’s hearing on Schrems II has both sides worried ruling could be sweeping

On July 9 the Court of justice of European Union had its session in so called Schrems II case. The question is; whether U.S. law on the access of national security agencies to the personal data of non nationals, the Foreign Intelligence Service Act, breaks European data protection laws. And if so, does that invalidate currently legal data transfer mechanisms?

Court heard from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, Facebook, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, DigitalEurope, the Business Software Alliance, the European Commission, the European Data Protection Board, the U.S. government as well as several EU countries and representatives of Max Schrems himself.

The EU court’s Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe said he will give his non-binding opinion in the case December 12 this year, with a full decision expected by early 2020.

Source: CJEU’s hearing on Schrems II has both sides worried ruling could be sweeping