Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems

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court case judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union landmark data protection case

Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems (often called Schrems II) is a landmark 2020 judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union that reshaped international data transfers by striking down the EU–US Privacy Shield framework and tightening conditions for using standard contractual clauses.

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Schrems II	1
Schrems II judgment	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court case ⓘ judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ landmark data protection case ⓘ
concerns	level of protection essentially equivalent to EU law ⓘ surveillance by US public authorities ⓘ transfers of personal data from the EU to the United States ⓘ
declaresInvalid	Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 NERFINISHED ⓘ EU–US Privacy Shield adequacy decision ⓘ
follows	Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ Schrems I NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCaseNumber	C‑311/18 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCourt	CJEU NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Justice of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDate	16 July 2020 ⓘ
hasDefendant	Facebook Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Facebook Ireland Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximillian Schrems NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImpactOn	EU data exporters ⓘ US data importers ⓘ cloud service providers ⓘ multinational technology companies ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPartyRole	Data Protection Commissioner as supervisory authority ⓘ Facebook Ireland as data exporter ⓘ Maximillian Schrems as complainant NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPlaintiff	Data Protection Commissioner NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShortName	Schrems II NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubject	EU–US Privacy Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ EU–US data transfers ⓘ international data transfers ⓘ standard contractual clauses ⓘ
hasYear	2020 ⓘ
imposesRequirement	case-by-case assessment of third-country law for SCCs ⓘ implementation of supplementary measures for SCCs where necessary ⓘ
isLandmarkFor	EU data protection law ⓘ international data transfer mechanisms ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
motivatedCreationOf	EU–US Data Privacy Framework NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatedIn	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
overturns	EU–US Privacy Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatesToLaw	Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ⓘ Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ⓘ Article 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union NERFINISHED ⓘ GDPR Article 45 NERFINISHED ⓘ GDPR Article 46 NERFINISHED ⓘ General Data Protection Regulation NERFINISHED ⓘ
upholdsValidityOf	Commission Decision 2010/87/EU NERFINISHED ⓘ standard contractual clauses ⓘ

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EU–US Data Privacy Framework → relatedTo → Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schrems II judgment

EU–US Privacy Shield → wasInvalidatedInCase → Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and Maximillian Schrems ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schrems II