Guidance notes for responding to ‘Schrems II’

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Guidance notes for responding to ‘Schrems II’

This article series provides guidance notes on what the 'Schrems II' decision means for companies that rely on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield.


Published: July 2020


In response to the Court of Justice of the European Union’s historic ruling July 16, 2020, on the so-called “Schrems II” court case, members from Baker McKenzie shared a series of guidance notes on what the decision means for companies that rely on EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, controller-to-processor standard contractual clauses, SCCs for transfers to controllers, derogations/exceptions to transfer restrictions, and binding corporate rules, as well as for Brexit and what companies can expect with the road ahead on these issues.