Max Schrems’ complaint challenging the legality of data transfers between Facebook’s Ireland-based European headquarters and its U.S. offices was the spark that brought down Safe Harbor, and the one that birthed the pending Privacy Shield. But contrary to popular belief, the case did not end in the successful shifting of EU-U.S. data transfer regulations.
“Ultimately, when the judgement came down in the Schrems’ case, they said it’s not only Safe Harbor that we should think about, but it’s also the other methods like standard contractual clauses and binding corporate rules that we need to look it and decide whether these are all safe,” Deema Freij, global privacy officer at secure collaboration provider Intralinks, told Legaltech News.
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