Commission should exit the Data Privacy Framework after US Supreme Court ruling, says Noyb
Privacy campaigner Max Schrem’s non-profit will file a legal challenge to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework in the coming weeks, Noyb said on Tuesday, urging the Commission to exit the deal immediately.
The development follows a US Supreme Court ruling on Monday that US President Donald Trump could fire a key decision-maker from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which oversees consumer rules. Back in March 2025, Trump had dismissed Democrat commissioner Rebecca Slaughter – who lodged a legal challenge.
The Supreme Court’s decision to side with Trump has implications for EU rules on data exports to the US, as EU privacy experts are warning that the FTC is no longer an independent government agency – invalidating an almost three-year-old EU-US deal on data transfers in their view.
The key point is that the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), which – since July 2023 – has established a framework for legal transfers of EU personal data over the Atlantic, hinges on the independence of oversight bodies, including the FTC.
