CJEU invalidates “Privacy Shield” in US Surveillance case

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CJEU invalidates “Privacy Shield” in US Surveillance case

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CJEU invalidates “Privacy Shield” in US Surveillance case. SCCs cannot be used by Facebook and similar companies.
Is it the end of sending data to the US? No, because at the same time the decision precises that “Commission Decision 2010/87 on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries is valid”. It is to be expected that these clauses will be further elaborated by the EU in the near future. 
Jean Pierre Heymans , Expert Data Protection