Max Schrems seeks to be joined as a notice party in two separate but linked High Court cases over the data transfer decision
Max Schrems
Government move to force stopgap data retention and amendment that could gag discussion on complaints prolong history of State bungling on data protection
Stay will remain in place until end of July
Complainants to Commission could face €5,000 fine for disclosing ‘confidential’ information to media or other third parties
Meta says it will lose about €664m in revenue if the decision’s effects are not delayed
In the News podcast with Bernice Harrison
Case centres on Facebook’s transfers of personal data to the US in defiance of EU law
Order to delete data processed and stored unlawfully in US could be more problematic for Facebook owner than fine of €1.2bn
Comments made after Meta received a record fine from the Data Protection Commission for breaching EU data protection laws
Social media giant’s attempts to work around previous court rulings on data transfers and privacy are seen to have fallen short
Transatlantic data transfers ‘are critical to enabling the $7.1 trillion EU-US economic relationship’
Accord hopes to safeguard data transfers while addressing concerns that saw European court rule against two previous arrangements
Karlin Lillington: ‘In principle’ data protection deals do not have history on their side
Q&A: Will it face challenges from privacy campaigners?
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