An Austrian privacy activist has won his next legal battle against so-called “model contract clauses,” used by thousands of multinational companies, including Facebook and Amazon, to legally transfer Europeans’ personal data to the US. Max Schrems, the 28-year-old data privacy activist from Austria, has become well-known because of his long-lasting court battle against “Safe Harbor,” a personal data transfer deal sealed between the US, the EU and Switzerland. It allowed transnational companies like Facebook, Google or Amazon to collect and analyze private data on the US premises. In October last year, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled against the “Safe Harbor” following Schrems’ complaint that he filed in 2013. Appealing to the top EU court, Schrems, then a law student, argued that the US legislation did not ensure enough protection against surveillance on data sent via Facebook to the United States.