French lawmaker seeks to annul EU-US trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement

By Matthew Newman ( December 22, 2025, 16:33 GMT | Insight) -- A French lawmaker has asked the EU’s highest court to annul a European Commission decision that validated a trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement, arguing that the US redress body created to handle privacy complaints about US government surveillance is not independent or impartial. The appeal marks the third time the EU Court of Justice will review an EU-US data transfer deal after it annulled two previous deals following challenges by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems.A French lawmaker has asked the EU’s highest court to annul a European Commission decision that validated a trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement, arguing that the US redress body created to handle privacy complaints about US government surveillance lacks independence and impartiality....

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French lawmaker seeks to annul EU-US trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement

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