US ruling clouds future of EU-US data transfers
By Matthew Newman ( August 26, 2026, 09:14 GMT | Comment) -- Six years after the EU's highest court struck down the legal framework that allowed the free flow of personal data between the EU and the US, the US Supreme Court's ruling on the independence of the Federal Trade Commission has raised fresh questions about trans-Atlantic data transfers. The ruling has prompted renewed scrutiny of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, because the EU's adequacy decision relied on the FTC's independence as part of its assessment that the US provides an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred under the framework.Six years after the EU's highest court struck down the legal framework that allowed the free flow of personal data between the EU and the US, the US Supreme Court's ruling on the independence of the Federal Trade Commission has raised fresh questions about trans-Atlantic data transfers....
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