Data protection Max Schrems' boomerang hits Europe Monika Ermert, Heise, Intellectual Property Watch, VDI-Nachrichten PUBLISHED ON: 7 Oct 2015 The Safe Harbour Agreement between the EU and the US has been under fire for years. A landmark judgement by the European Court of Justice on 6 October not only invalidates the agreement. It boomerangs back to Europe in big ways.