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On 16 July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) invalidated the European Commission’s Implementing Decision on the EU-US Privacy Shield, without a transitional period, thus dealing a harsh blow to transatlantic data transfer.
In a no less sensational decision, the CJEU had already invalidated in 2015 the European Commission’s Implementing Decision on the predecessor to the EU-US Privacy Shield, the US/EU Safe Harbour Framework. Just a few months later, by a new Implementing Decision, the European Commission had certified the successor of the invalidated...