101 Lawsuits Against Companies Post Schrems II Decision
In the wake of the recent decision of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) in which it struck down the Privacy Shield data transfer arrangement – commonly referred to as the Schrems case after the Austrian activist, Max Schrems, who brought the action – the practices of companies moving data from the European Union to the United States are now under scrutiny. The privacy activist group noyb, headed by Mr. Schrems, has filed complaints against 101 websites which it alleges are still sending data in the absence of the Privacy Shield and without the measures required by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. In bringing its legal complaints, nyob…