US Supreme Court Just Blew Up EU-US Data Transfers
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US Supreme Court ruling ends independent FTC, collapsing EU-US data transfer framework.
The US Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Slaughter that the FTC cannot be independent, following the unitary executive theory. EU treaty law requires independent oversight for data protection. The European Commission relied on the FTC 259 times in its EU-US Data Privacy Framework adequacy decision. Noyb, the advocacy group that brought Schrems I and II, calls on the Commission to repeal the deal and will file a lawsuit. The ruling also undermines the Data Protection Review Court, which was already an executive body. SCCs and BCRs that rely on independent US oversight are also affected.
What commenters are saying
Commenters largely agree the EU must decouple from US cloud providers, with many citing distrust since the Patriot Act. One camp argues for EU digital sovereignty and local-first initiatives like the ELF Consortium, while another notes the EU itself is pursuing chat control legislation that would mandate encrypted message scanning. Several comments highlight that noyb founder Max Schrems previously overturned two EU-US data deals via the Schrems I and II rulings. A correction distinguishes that the Supreme Court decision did not directly address data transfers, but noyb's planned lawsuit could trigger Schrems III.