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17 July 2020

Schrems II – Implications for your organisation

On July 16 the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) delivered its long-awaited ruling on the validity of the controller–to-processor standard contractual clauses (‘SCCs’). SCCs are a transfer mechanism used by numerous organisations to facilitate the cross-border transfer of personal data to countries outside the EEA that do not provide an adequate level of protection. In the so-called Schrems II case, […]