FILE PHOTO: Austrian data activist Max Schrems stands in the courthouse after his trial against Facebook in Vienna April 9, 2015. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
At issue is standard contractual clauses used by Facebook and other companies to transfer personal data to the United States and other parts of the world and whether these violate Europeans’ fundamental right to privacy.
Cross-border data transfers worth billions of dollars are a fact of life for businesses ranging from banks to carmakers to industrial giants.
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