The US Supreme Court may have doomed Big Tech in Europe

The US Supreme Court’s Slaughter ruling on Monday, which overturned longstanding precedent called Humphrey’s Executor, is seriously bad news for American companies who handle Europeans’ personal data. That’s because the ruling destroyed the independence of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is an essential part of a deal that enables transatlantic data flows. And now Max Schrems, who blew up that deal’s predecessors, is going in for the kill. (RIP Om Malik) Tech Gets Real is a show about staying in control in a time of rapid technological change, presented from a European perspective. I'm veteran tech journalist David Meyer, and I've been covering tech policy for two decades. If you like this, please hit like and subscribe, and share it with others who might find it useful. CHAPTERS: 0:00 SCOTUS Slaughter ruling 1:13 EU privacy law and other countries 2:07 US adequacy decision problems 2:50 Safe Harbour registry 3:30 Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations 4:45 Max Schrems and the CJEU 5:53 Privacy Shield and Schrems II 6:30 EU-US Data Privacy Framework 7:23 The FTC’s crucial role 8:37 Schrems vs European Commission 9:02 Tech sovereignty 11:33 The Commission’s dilemma REFERENCES: US Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. Slaughter https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions... My 2023 Fortune article on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework https://fortune.com/europe/2023/07/10... Noyb’s statement on the Slaughter ruling’s implications https://noyb.eu/en/us-supreme-court-j... Noyb’s letter to the European Commission https://noyb.eu/sites/default/files/2... My most recent ISMG article on EU tech sovereignty https://www.databreachtoday.com/franc... Max Schrems's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Sch...