A 2023 data transfer agreement between the EU and the US remains valid, the EU General Court has found, dismissing a French MEP's complaint that it allows for disproportionate data collection, lacks transparency and adequate safeguards for Europeans’ personal information, and offers insufficient legal redress.
The case brought by French MEP Philippe Latombe was the first such challenge to an international agreement. He needed to convince judges that the deal affected him directly as an individual – but he failed to do so.
