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Ireland's High Court rejects Facebook appeal against Irish privacy regulator

Ireland's High Court rejected Facebook's request to halt the Data Protection Commission's (DPC) probe on data transfers from the European Union to the United States. Facebook had claimed in its appeal to the Irish High Court that the DPC made its de…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2020-08-28
under deliberation

On 28 August 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched a statutory investigation i…

2020-09-10
under appeal

Facebook Inc. is contesting the Irish privacy regulator's preliminary draft decision to halt data t…

2021-05-14
under investigation

Ireland's High Court rejected Facebook's request to halt the Data Protection Commission's (DPC) pro…