Amazon faces German lawsuit over continued use of Privacy Shield

10/10/2020 | Politico

The European Society for Data Protection (EuGD) has taken legal action against Amazon over its alleged continued use of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement after it was invalidated by the CJEU Union's "Schrems II" ruling. EuGD filed the lawsuit in a Munich court on behalf of a German citizen, who also alleged Amazon did not fulfil his data subject request under the GDPR.

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