The US Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter may undermine the independence of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is crucial for the EU-US data privacy framework.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@CuratedHackerNews/116837391129606940 This seems significant. #WorldPol "On Monday, the US Supreme Court decided in Trump v. Slaughter that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore. Since 2000 the EU has relied on the “independent” FTC as the enforcer of EU-US deals on personal data. According to EU treaty law such oversight must be independent. In the current EU-US deal, the European Commission relies on the independent FTC 259 (!) times. Max Schrems: “Given that there are no independent authorities in the US anymore, we call on the European Commission to orderly withdraw the adequacy decision on the US.”"

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@bert_hubert/116837735793145660 "On Monday, the US Supreme Court decided in Trump v. Slaughter that the US Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) may not be independent anymore. Since 2000, the EU has relied on the “independent” FTC as the enforcer of EU-US deals on personal data. According to EU treaty law, such oversight must be independent. In the current EU-US deal, the European Commission relies on the independent FTC 259 (!) times. Max Schrems: “Given that there are no independent authorities in the US anymore, we call on the European Commission to orderly 😲ithdraw the adequacy decision on the US.” 😲