| Title | Irish Data Regulator Orders Facebook to Stop Sending Personal Data to the US | |
| Date | Saturday September 12 2020, @07:03PM | |
| Author | Fnord666 | |
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| from the dept. | ||
Ireland's Data Protection commissioner has ordered Facebook not to send any more personal data from Europe to the US. The regulator has the authority to fine Facebook up to 4% of its global turnover, should non-compliance be an issue.
The order, described to Independent.ie by people close to the situation as "well progressed", is the result of a European Court decision in July, which struck down the transatlantic 'Privacy Shield' treaty.
It means that the validity of 'standard contractual clauses' (SCCs) used by thousands of Irish and European companies to transfer data, is now closer to being cancelled.
However, the process is only about half over. The order is only preliminary, so far, and Facebook is doing what it can to appeal or subvert the ruling. The NYOB post links to three letters which provide background on the matter between Data Protection Commission and Facebook.
Previously:
(2020) CJEU Issues Judgment on Schrems II Case
(2018) Privacy Expert Schrems Files GDPR Complaints Against Google, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
(2018) ICANN's Pre-Emptive Attack on the GDPR Thrown out by German Court
(2018) Facebook is Trying to Block Schrems II Privacy Referral to EU Top Court
(2015) EU Top Court Rules Safe Harbour Treaty Invalid
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