EU's US data-sharing rules set for yet another legal challenge

A major new ruling by the US Supreme Court could invalidate the EU’s latest data-sharing agreement with the US, according to a legal campaign group.

The court’s decision on Monday to give the president greater power over “independent” federal agencies removes the US’s ability to meet EU demands for independent oversight of data rules, claimed campaigner Max Schrems.

Austrian non-profit data protection campaign group noyb, of which Schrems is honorary chairman, sent a letter to the European Commission June 30 calling for it to exit the EU-US Data Protection Framework (DPF).

Schrems said the ruling makes the framework “incompatible even on a constitutional level”, and added: “For business, this means [having] a plan to move from US providers. This will be a major exercise, but also a major opportunity for the EU.”