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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s data regulator can resume a probe that may trigger a ban on Facebook’s transatlantic data transfers, the High Court ruled on Friday, raising the prospect of a stoppage that the company warns would have a devastating impact on its business.
FILE PHOTO: People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
The case stems from EU concerns that U.S. government surveillance may not respect the privacy rights of EU citizens when their personal data is sent to the United States for commercial use.
The Data Protection Commissioner can proceed with an inquiry that could lead to a ban on Facebook's data transfers from the European Union to the United States, the High Court has ruled.
Ireland’s data regulator can proceed with an inquiry that could lead to a ban on Facebook’s data transfers from the European Union to the United States, the country s High Court ruled on Friday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) launched an inquiry in August and issued a provisional order that the mechanism Facebook uses to transfer EU user data to the United States cannot in practice be used .
Facebook had challenged both the inquiry and the Preliminary Draft Decision (PDD), saying they threatened devastating and irreversible consequences for its business, which relies on processing user data to serve targeted online ads.
Facebook Loses Court Fight Over Halting European Union - US Data Transfers
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) 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…
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