Facebook Contractual Clause Challenge Poses Another Test For Privacy Shield

The outcome of a legal challenge over whether Facebook USA and Facebook Ireland's standard contractual clause with the European Commission ensures adequate data protection for European Union citizens could affect an all-but-promised legal challenge of the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield framework for personal data flows, as both legal proceedings are likely to focus on the scope of U.S. surveillance and data collection, according to former U.S. government officials. But at a July 29 event hosted by the German Marshall Fund on...