Facebook Ireland and Schrems: ECJ 16 Jul 2020

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data – Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – Articles 7, 8 and 47 – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2) – Scope – Transfers of personal data to third countries for commercial purposes – Article 45 – Commission adequacy decision – Article 46 – Transfers subject to appropriate safeguards – Article 58 – Powers of the supervisory authorities – Processing of the data transferred by the public authorities of a third country for national security purposes – Assessment of the adequacy of the level of protection in the third country – Decision 2010/87/EU – Protective standard clauses on the transfer of personal data to third countries – Suitable safeguards provided by the data controller – Validity – Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 – Adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield – Validity – Complaint by a natural person whose data was transferred from the European Union to the United States

Judges:

K Lenaerts, P

Citations:

C-311/18, [2020] EUECJ C-311/18, ECLI:EU:C:2020:559, [2020] WLR(D) 437, [2021] 1 All ER 507, [2021] 1 WLR 751, [2021] 1 CMLR 14

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Statutes:

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 7 8 47, Regulation (EU) 2016/679

Jurisdiction:

European

Citing:

OpinionFacebook Ireland and Schrems ECJ 19-Dec-2019
Opinion – Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data – Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – Article 2(2) – Scope – Transfer of personal data for commercial purposes to the United States of . .
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Updated: 23 March 2022; Ref: scu.660367