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Trump v. Slaughter: Future Hurdles For DPF-Based EU And UK Data Transfers To The US?
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Fusion42 · 28 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
A legal analysis examines how the Trump v. Slaughter court case may create regulatory uncertainty around the Data Privacy Framework (DPF), the EU-US data transfer mechanism that replaced Privacy Shield, potentially jeopardising lawful data flows between Europe and the United States.
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Your EU or UK customer base's ability to send data to the US just moved from settled law into active litigation. If your business depends on the Data Privacy Framework, the court's ruling could force you to rearchitect data flows or abandon US cloud infrastructure within months.
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