Schrems 2: The French Conseil d’Etat Dismisses a Request for Suspension of Data Transfers to the US

Schrems 2: The French Conseil d’Etat Dismisses a Request for Suspension of Data Transfers to the US

By order of 12 March 2021, the Conseil d’Etat (the French supreme administrative court) dismissed the request of various associations, including the Syndicat de la Médecine Générale (SMG) and the Ligue des Droits de l’Homme (Human Rights League), asking the interim relief judge of the Conseil d’Etat to order the suspension of the partnership between the Ministry of Health and the company Doctolib as part of the plan to accelerate vaccination against COVID-19, insofar as its online appointment booking system involved the hosting of health data with an American company (AWS).