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US Supreme Court case could frame EU court’s view of data transfer deal

By Matthew Newman, Maria Dinzeo and Mike Swift ( January 9, 2026, 12:00 GMT | Comment) -- The stability of a crucial trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement could be challenged if a forthcoming US Supreme Court decision erodes the independence of some US regulatory bodies in the view of the EU’s top court. The case has attracted attention because it could lead the EU’s highest court to annul an EU-US data-transfer deal for the third time. Another annulment would force thousands of companies to find an alternative method to legally transfer personal data across the Atlantic.The stability of a crucial trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement could be challenged if a forthcoming US Supreme Court decision erodes the independence of some US regulatory bodies in the view of the EU’s top court....

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