Facebook lost a legal battle on Friday with Ireland’s data privacy watchdog over an EU privacy decision that could result in the social network being forced to stop transferring data to the US.
The Irish High Court rejected Facebook’s bid to block a draft decision by the country’s Data Protection Commission to inquire into, and order the suspension of, the company’s data flows between the EU and the US.
Judge David Barniville wrote in his judgement that he concluded Facebook “must fail on those grounds of challenge and that it is, therefore, not entitled to any of the reliefs claimed in the proceedings”.
by Associated Press May 14, 2021 .
Facebook lost a legal battle Friday with Ireland’s data privacy watchdog over a European Union privacy decision that could result in the social network being forced to stop transferring data to the U.S.
The Irish High Court rejected Facebook’s bid to block a draft decision by the country’s Data Protection Commission to inquire into, and order the suspension of, the company’s data flows between the European Union and the U.S.
Judge David Barniville wrote in his judgement that he concluded Facebook “must fail on those grounds of challenge and that it is, therefore, not entitled to any of the reliefs claimed in the proceedings.”
Data Protection Commission contacts Sinn Féin over Facebook data collection
DPC wrote to party over how it was targeting people on Facebook Data protection commissioner Helen Dixon: The DPC will examine whether Sinn Féin s actions comply with data protection legislation and GDPR requirements. Picture: Collins Courts
Wed, 14 Apr, 2021 - 21:32
Noel Baker
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has contacted Sinn Féin over its collection of data from Facebook to target voters for engagement, including a doorstep canvass.
It emerged last weekend that the party had asked officials working for it to use personal information posted on people s Facebook pages to identify where they live.
By Neil Hodge2021-04-08T20:19:00+01:00
Last weekend, reports surfaced that the personal data of more than 533 million Facebook users had been made publicly available on a hacker forum.
The social media firm responded the data had been stolen and made public from a reported data breach that took place in early 2018. Because the breach predated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force, and because according to Facebook no new breach has occurred, the company believes it has no case to answer.
Its lead European data supervisory authority, the Irish Data Protection Commission, however, has sent Facebook detailed questions to determine what happened given the tremendous amount of data involved, according to Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle.