US Supreme Court allows Trump to fire FTC members, shaking EU-US data transfer framework

The US Supreme Court permitted President Trump to dismiss members of the Federal Trade Commission, undermining the independence of the US privacy regulator that underpins the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. This threatens the legal basis for transatlantic data flows, potentially forcing EU regulators to suspend transfers and impacting thousands of companies. The decision is a first in US administrative law and creates significant legal uncertainty for the framework's future.

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