Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems on Thursday welcomed a decision by the European Union's top court in his case against Facebook, saying the legal basis for more then 5,000 U.S. companies that use an EU tool to transfer Europeans' personal data to the United States for commercial use has been annulled.
Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems poses after a Reuters interview in Vienna, Austria, July 16, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
“It looks perfect,” he said in a spontaneous reaction when the ruling hit headlines at his office in Vienna. The court’s decision on the Privacy Shield is based on “overreaching US surveillance laws that only protect U.S. persons but not foreigners,” non-profit Noyb, which Schrems chairs, said in a statement.
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