Trump v. Slaughter — EU-US Data Privacy Framework Adequacy Risk

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Any US company relying on DPF self-certification for EU-to-US data transfers should confirm it has Standard Contractual Clauses documented as a parallel fallback. An adequacy review or suspension would require an immediate switch to SCCs with no grace period.

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What the law is now

The Supreme Court matter *Trump v. Slaughter* (filed 2026-06-29) puts the FTC's structural independence directly before the Court. The question is whether the President may remove FTC commissioners at will, which would mean the FTC's traditional for-cause removal protection — built on *Humphrey's Executor v. United States*, 295 U.S. 602 (1935) — does not apply.

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