The EU-US Data Privacy Framework is facing renewed legal scrutiny after privacy advocacy group noyb announced plans to challenge the agreement following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision involving the Federal Trade Commission.

In a letter sent to the European Commission on June 30, noyb founder Max Schrems argued that the Supreme Court's ruling in Trump v. Slaughter undermines a central requirement of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework: independent oversight of personal data transfers between the European Union and the United States.

The case concerns the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of presidential authority over independent executive agencies. According to noyb, the decision me...