Court of Justice of the European Union · EU
C-311/18Data Protection Commissioner mot Facebook Ireland och Schrems
Decided 2020-07-16 · ECLI:EU:C:2020:559
Also searched as: Schrems II, the Privacy Shield judgment, EU-US data transfer ruling, Case C-311/18, C-311/18 2020, ECLI:EU:C:2020:559.
Legal question
Whether an adequacy decision and standard contractual clauses suffice for a transfer of personal data to a third country.
Articles the decision applies
Instance chain
2017-10-03 · Reference for a preliminary ruling
[2017] IEHC 545 · High Court of Ireland
2020-07-16 · Final instance
C-311/18 · Court of Justice of the European Union
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Re-read overdue
Checked against the publisher 2026-09-20 · Next check 2026-10-20
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