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EU-US Data Transfers Back In The Spotlight Following Record €1.2bn Fine

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The lawfulness of data transfers from the EU/EEA to the US is back in the spotlight following the conclusion of an own-volition inquiry by the Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC") into Meta Ireland's data transfers to Meta US.

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The lawfulness of data transfers from the EU/EEA to the US is back in the spotlight following the conclusion of an own-volition inquiry by the Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC") into Meta Ireland's data transfers to Meta US.

The DPC imposed: (i) a record €1.2 billion fine; (ii) an order requiring Meta Ireland to suspend its data transfers to Meta US within five months of the DPC's decision (i.e. by 12 October 2023), and (ii) a compliance order requiring Meta Ireland to bring its processing operations into compliance with Chapter V GDPR, by ceasing the unlawful processing, including US storage of EEA users' personal data, within six months of the DPC's decision (i.e. by 12 November 2023).

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