Ruling on Facebook data case will have big impact

On July 16, 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), also informally known as the European Court of Justice or the supreme court of the European Union, rendered a judgment of gargantuan proportions in the Schrems II Case concerning the transfer of personal data by the ubiquitous behemoth called Facebook Inc.

The significance of the case filed by one Maximillian Schrems, an Austrian national, is immediately discernible from the glitzy constellation of the parties, namely, the governments of the United States, UK, Germany, Ireland, Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, as well as the European Parliament, European Commission, European Data Protection Commissioner, among others.