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Meta Fines Expose EU Regulators’ Differences and Highlight Fundamental Issues for Data Controllers

Meta Ireland (Meta) has recently been issued with two fines by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relating to advertisements run on its Facebook and...more

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission Fined Whatsapp $267 Million: What You Need To Know

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has imposed a fine of €225 million (more than $267 million) on WhatsApp, a popular messaging app owned by Facebook. Here are some key takeaways for companies subject to GDPR:.....more

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The Schrems Saga Continues: EU Data Protection Authorities May Be Ready To Strike Down Yet Another EU-U.S. Data Transfer Mechanism

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Pathways for U.S. companies to transfer personal data out of the European Union have been repeatedly blocked by EU authorities concerned by what they perceive as gaps in data protection under U.S. laws. Schrems I invalidated...more

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Irish Data Case Against Facebook Could Complicate All Data Transfers to the US

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Will the EU finally deny the right to transfer any personal data from its shores to the United States? Its privacy decisions have been inching closer to this determination for years, and an Irish case against Facebook may tip...more

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Irish Data Protection Commission conducts dawn raid to learn more about Facebook’s pending dating service

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 5 (March 5, 2020) - On Feb. 3, Facebook Inc. informed the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) that it would be rolling out a new dating service Feb. 14. The DPC was concerned about...more

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Irish High Court Quashes Irish Data Protection Commission's Original Schrems Decision

On October 20, 2015, the Irish High Court ordered the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) to investigate Facebook’s European data privacy practices, bringing Max Schrems’ three-year fight full circle. The Court quashed...more

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The End of the Safe Harbor Framework – and the Threat to Model Clauses and BCRs

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Earlier last week, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) invalidated the Safe Harbor framework between the United States and the European Union -- effective immediately. This decision significantly disrupts the flow of data...more

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EU-US Data Transfer Safe Harbor Invalid, Rules ECJ

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In a decision that is sure to have wide implications for over 4,500 US companies doing business in Europe, the European Court of Justice has just ruled that the 15 year-old data sharing arrangement known as “Safe Harbor”...more

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Data Protection: EU-US Safe Harbor declared invalid by EU court

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In our recent update, we reported that the Advocate General (“AG”) to the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), the highest court in the EU, gave an opinion that “safe harbor” should be declared invalid and that...more

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Data Protection: EU court advised to declare EU-US Safe Harbor invalid

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In an important case involving Facebook, and instigated by an Austrian student in response to the Snowden revelations about US security agency access to mass data, the Advocate General (“AG”) to the Court of Justice of the...more

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