What is it about?
The article argues that the European Union's data transfer regime, based on a human rights theory, may be in a state of existential crisis. By putting the bar of protection very high, it may restrict trade and be non-reconcilable with WTO law. it may even be self-threatening as it is non-conducive to the core values on which human rights are founded, i.e. international trade and economic prosperity as a basis of order and peace.
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Why is it important?
Because markets and social interaction require access to personal information.
Perspectives
I hope that this article provides for a different view on data protection law and leads to a deeper debate on the regulation of data transfers from an angle that goes beyond the classic human rights discourse.
Jan Dhont
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
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This page is a summary of: Schrems II. The EU adequacy regime in existential crisis?, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, November 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1023263x19873618.
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