Reuters reports Facebook and Austrian lawyer Max Schrems are finally set to give their arguments to the Court of Justice of the European Union Tuesday in a case regarding the social network's use of standard contractual clauses for personal data transfers. The long-awaited trial will commence after Facebook's attempts to avoid a CJEU hearing through an appeal. The CJEU's decision has the potential to affect cross-border data transfers for hundreds of thousands of companies and organizations, while Europeans' fundamental right to privacy will also be tested. Editor's Note: Jennifer Baker wrote a piece for The Privacy Advisor detailing Schrems' case against Facebook.
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