Irish data regulator defends order to halt Facebook data flow
Written by Business World, on 17th Dec 2020. Posted in Technology
Ireland's data regulator defended its provisional order to halt Facebook user data transfers to the United States from the European Union, telling the Irish High Court on Thursday such decisions were not typically subject to court oversight.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, the EU's lead regulator for Facebook, issued the order in August after Europe's highest court ruled that a transatlantic data transfer framework known as Privacy Shield was invalid.
Facebook called for a judicial review of the commission's decision and in September Ireland's High Court temporarily froze the order to allow such a review, which began on Tuesday.