EU regulators, led by Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, are finalizing a ban on a legal tool used by Facebook to transfer European user data.
Meta declined to comment, while the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the European Commission did not immediately respond.
Meta Platforms Inc faces a record EU privacy fine related to the data transfer of Facebook’s EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by the top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. Used to be.
The fine for Amazon.com Inc will exceed the previous record 746 million euros ($821.20 million), according to the sources.
Meta declined to comment, while the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the European Commission did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
EU regulators led by Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, are finalizing a ban on a legal tool used by Facebook to transfer European user data as US intelligence agencies access the information. Can
In April, he said the Irish DPC had a month to order the blocking of Facebook’s transatlantic data flow. The ban may be in place till mid-May.
Europe’s highest court ruled in 2020 that the EU-US data transfer agreement was invalid, citing surveillance concerns.
Meta warned last year that an order banning the mechanism used to transfer data from Europe to the United States could force it to suspend Facebook services in Europe.
($1 = 0.9084 Euro)
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – reuters,
Meta to Face Record EU Privacy Fine on Facebook Data Transfer to US
Last Update: May 18, 2023, 03:57 AM IST
EU regulators, led by Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, are finalizing a ban on a legal tool used by Facebook to transfer European user data.
Meta declined to comment, while the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the European Commission did not immediately respond.
Meta Platforms Inc faces a record EU privacy fine related to the data transfer of Facebook’s EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by the top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. Used to be.
The fine for Amazon.com Inc will exceed the previous record 746 million euros ($821.20 million), according to the sources.
Meta declined to comment, while the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the European Commission did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
EU regulators led by Helen Dixon, Ireland’s data protection commissioner, are finalizing a ban on a legal tool used by Facebook to transfer European user data as US intelligence agencies access the information. Can
In April, he said the Irish DPC had a month to order the blocking of Facebook’s transatlantic data flow. The ban may be in place till mid-May.
Europe’s highest court ruled in 2020 that the EU-US data transfer agreement was invalid, citing surveillance concerns.
Meta warned last year that an order banning the mechanism used to transfer data from Europe to the United States could force it to suspend Facebook services in Europe.
($1 = 0.9084 Euro)
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – reuters,