%0 Journal Article
%T Transfer of personal data to the United States after the invalidation of the decision regarding the EU-US Privacy Shield
%A Głąb, Paweł
%J Attorney-at-Law
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/23921943RP.21.006.13894
%N 1 (26)
%P 139-157
%K Schrems II, European Court of Justice, Privacy Shield, Safe Harbor Privacy Principles, data transfer, GDPR, United States, personal data, European Commission, questions submitted for a preliminary ruling, third countries
%@ 2392-1943
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/radca-prawny/article/transfer-danych-osobowych-do-stanow-zjednoczonych-po-stwierdzeniu-niewaznosci-decyzji-w-sprawie-tarczy-prywatnosci-ue-usa
%X 
	The aim of this article is to provide a summary of the legal ground rules for the transfer of personal data to the United States following the ECJ declared the decision of the European Commission on the EU-US Privacy Shield program invalid. The author outlines the general principles of transfer of personal data to third countries in view of the regulations of Chapter 5 of the GDPR, analyzes the presumptions of the Privacy Shield program, and assesses the post-invalidation landscape. The author analyzes the Schrems II judgment, the complaint of M. Schrems, the questions submitted to the CJEU for a preliminary ruling, and describes the key points of the judgment in case file no. C-311/18. The article also provides a brief historical overview of the developments that resulted in the CJEU issuing the aforementioned judgment.