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International Personal Data Transfers after Schrems II

April 2021Data ProtectionConsultant

Abstract

On 16 July 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued his verdict in case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems. The infamous ‘Schrems II’ ruling has caused quite a turmoil as it has significantly changed the rules on international personal data transfer as we knew them before.

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Leszek Sytniewski

In-house Legal Counsel, Objectivity., UK

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