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Court backs Irish regulator on Facebook data transfers inquiry
Out-Law News | 20 May 2021 | 4:36 pm | 2 min. read
The High Court in Ireland has dismissed a legal challenge brought by Facebook over plans outlined by the country’s data protection authority to open an investigation into the company’s arrangements for transferring personal data from the EU to the US.
Facebook had challenged the Data Protection Commission’s (DPC’s) draft decision to commence the inquiry and the procedures it had followed.
The High Court’s judgment, issued on 14 May, comes after the EU’s highest court had earlier become involved in the case. The Irish High Court in Ireland had previously referred several questions concerning the interpretation of EU law to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) for its ruling. Those questions were focused around the adequacy of data protection provided by legal tools many businesses rely on for transferring personal data outside of the European E
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Social media giant Facebook on Friday rejected a request by an Irish court to block an Irish regulator’s probe into the possible transfer of data from the European Union to the United States.
The Irish High Court agreed in September to suspend the Data Protection Commission (DPC) investigation. But on Friday, they announced that they would reject the claims of the American group.
“I reject any claim from Facebook Ireland,” said High Court Judge David Barniville.
A decision welcomed by the regulator, in a brief statement to the AFP, may prompt the DPC to block the transfer of personal data from Facebook to the United States, from Facebook, which is at the heart of the economic model.