Dr Maria Helen Murphy wrote in The Journal about the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner.
In this crucial ruling for privacy and data protection, the CJEU invalidated the Commission sanctioned Safe Harbour agreement between Europe and the United States. As this agreement had facilitated the streamlined transfer of data between the EU and US companies, its invalidation raises many issues for US internet companies operating in Europe. This case was referred to the CJEU from the Irish High Court, illustrating, once again, the central role that Ireland plays in data protection law.
Maria discusses issues related to privacy and data protection in several of her courses at Maynooth University Department of Law, but this ruling is particularly relevant to her course in Information Privacy Law which is offered to LLM (Global Legal Studies) and LLM (International Business Law) students.