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Schrems criticises Irish data regulator after Facebook case breakthrough Privacy campaigner still awaiting response to complaint submited to DPC in 2013
Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 20:00 Updated: Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 20:55
Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems has accused Ireland’s Data Protection Commission of being dysfunctional, after it agreed to investigate his seven-year-old complaint against Facebook.
After lengthy legal wrangling over procedure, jurisdiction and other technicalities, the DPC told the Schrems legal team on Tuesday that it would open its investigation irrespective of the outcome of an ongoing court case in Dublin involving the social media company.
In his June 2013 complaint, Max Schrems argued that Facebook’s European subsidiary, based in Dublin, was in breach of EU law by transferring European users’ personal data for processing in the US.
Court to rule on Facebook data sharing after Schrems drops legal challenge against Irish regulator
Irish High Court says it will issue a judgment as soon as possible over a draft decision by Ireland’s data protection commissioner to order Facebook to stop the transfer of data about EU citizens to datacentres in the US
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The Irish High Court will issue a judgment on a legal challenge by Facebook to overturn a draft decision by Ireland’s data protection commissioner to suspend the company’s data-sharing with the US.
The news follows a last-minute agreement between privacy campaigner Max Schrems and the data regulator, who were due to be in court today.