The mechanism being questioned by the Irish regulator, the Standard Contractual Clause (SCC), was deemed valid by the European Court of Justice in a July decision. Reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by David ClarkeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. A lawyer for the Irish regulator said on Thursday that the decision to halt flows had been based in part on findings by the European Court and the Irish Supreme Court as well as its own investigations prior to the July ruling. The EU is concerned that the surveillance regime in the United States may not respect the privacy rights of EU citizens once their personal data is sent there for commercial use. But the Court of Justice also ruled that under SCCs privacy watchdogs must suspend or prohibit transfers outside the EU if data protection in other countries cannot be assured.
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