16.07.2020 - In its judgment of 16 July 2020 in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Ltd and Maximilian Schrems, the Court of Justice annulled Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield. However, the EU Commission Decision 2010/87 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries remains valid.
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling on European standard contractual clauses and the EU-US Privacy Shield
The FDPIC has taken note of the CJEU ruling. This ruling is not directly applicable to Switzerland. The FDPIC will examine the judgement in detail and comment on it in due course.
Last modification 25.05.2023