Austrian law student’s case against Facebook results in landmark ECJ decision to scrap safe harbour regime Legal Business6 October 2015Cyber securityLegal affairs An Austrian law student has won a legal challenge over the US safe harbour scheme, in a decision which will impact some 4,000 US companies which transferred personal information across the Atlantic.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryFieldfisher loses Facebook to Hogan Lovells as the firm hires Bristows partner as privacy headGuest post: West Coast, left field and progressive – a conversation with Facebook’s law firmStatus update: Gibson Dunn partner hired as Facebook deputy GCCyber security is a constant threat to your law firmStrategies for safeguarding client confidentiality and complianceAllen & Overy dodges data leak bullet as firm tight-lipped on ransom outcomeComment: Depressing end to Weinstein gagging order narrative means closure for noneLawyers rank top for satisfaction, value for money, but access to justice gaps persistOffshore: The unsilent majority