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Ireland: Irish Data Protection Commission issued fine of EUR 530 million against TikTok and ordered suspension of data transfers to China in absence of GDPR compliance

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Irish Data Protection Commission issued fine of EUR 530 million against TikTok and ordered suspension of data transfers to China in absence of GDPR compliance

On 2 May 2025, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok Technology Limited EUR 530 million for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by unlawfully transferring personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to C…

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
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2021-09-14
under deliberation

On 14 September 2021, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) initiated an investigation into Ti…

2025-02-21
under investigation

On 21 February 2025, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision under Article …

2025-05-02
in force

On 2 May 2025, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok Technology Limited EUR 530 m…

2025-05-27
under appeal

On 27 May 2025, TikTok filed an appeal at the High Court against the Irish Data Protection Commissi…

2025-07-14
under investigation

On 14 July 2025, the High Court granted TikTok leave to proceed with a legal challenge against the …

2025-11-13
under investigation

On 13 November 2025, the High Court granted TikTok's application to stay the data transfer suspensi…

2026-04-30
in force

On 30 April 2026, the Supreme Court dismissed the Data Protection Commission (DPC)'s appeal against…