Just for fun, in a bit I will do a thread with a list of all the columns I have written since 2016 predicting today& #39;s outcome on #Schrems re #PrivacyShield, going way back to the time it was being drafted... fitting exactly with the basis on which the court invalidated it. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😏" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😄" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und lächelnden Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund und lächelnden Augen">

But really -- just repeat after me: Snowden. Snowden. Snowden. Snowden.

So, I intended to do this yesterday but ended up way too tired but ... now I am ready to go! It turns out there are four pages of returns of columns I wrote over the past four years predicting yesterday& #39;s #Schrems2 outcome. So to begin. ..

There& #39;s this, from... 4.5 years ago, in Feb 2016! Privacy Shield was still in negotiation back then, though presented as & #39;a deal& #39;. Let& #39;s see, I said: "The details, such as they are, do not seem adequate to meet the ECJ’s concerns... " https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/privacy-shield-a-safe-harbour-for-eu-data-1.2521493">https://www.irishtimes.com/business/...