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EU top court sides with Schrems in privacy row with Meta

Europe's top court has today sided with Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems in his privacy dispute with Meta Platforms.

Business • 04 Oct 24

Activist Schrems broadens Meta privacy complaint

Privacy activist Max Schrems' advocacy group Noyb has expanded its complaint about Meta Platforms' paid no-ads subscription service as it urged Austrian authorities to investigate the difficulty users face in seeking to avoid being tracked.

Business • 11 Jan 24

Meta has been ordered to suspend the transfer of data from the EU to the US and has been given five months to comply (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Meta vows to appeal €1.2bn fine by Irish data watchdog

Facebook parent company Meta has vowed to appeal a record €1.2 billion fine imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission for breaches relating to the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US.

Business • 23 May 23

The Irish Data Protection Commission denies it has acted in bad faith (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Data Commission rejects Schrems' claims on lobbying

The Irish Data Protection Commission has described as "utterly untrue" claims that it lobbied members of the European Data Protection Board to adopt guidelines that would have endorsed a disputed data collection policy used by Facebook.

Business • 07 Dec 21

Schrems' Facebook complaint referred to EU court

Austria's Supreme Court has questioned the legal basis on which Facebook collects user data and referred key issues for a ruling by Europe's top court, after awarding symbolic damages to activist Max Schrems in his privacy case against the company.

Business • 20 Jul 21

Max Schrems has dropped his legal action against the Data Protection Commission

Schrems drops case against regulator over Facebook

Ireland has agreed to proceed with a 2013 complaint challenging Facebook's transatlantic data flows, Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems said today.

Business • 13 Jan 21

The European Court of Justice will decide whether EU citizens are given enough protection when their data is sent to the US by Facebook and other firms

The Facebook data privacy case - all you need to know

Tomorrow morning the European Court of Justice will announce its ruling on a long-running dispute around the protections given to our online data. The case specifically relates to Facebook, but the outcome could have repercussions for most major tech firms.

Business • 15 Jul 20

Max Schrems shot to fame for winning a legal battle in 2015 to overturn previous privacy rules known as Safe Harbour

EU top court to rule in landmark Facebook, Schrems case

Europe's top court will on Thursday rule on the legality of tools companies use to transfer Europeans' data around the world, in the latest clash between Facebook and Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems.

Business • 13 Jul 20

Privacy campaigner Max Schrems has been involved in a long-running action involving the Data Protection Commission and Facebook

DPC legal bill for Schrems case tops €2.9m

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has run up a legal bill of over €2.9m as a result of the long running Max Schrems data case.

Business • 26 May 20

Max Schrems is not happy with the progress made since the introduction of the GDPR regime across Europe in 2018

Schrems calls on EU authorities to get DPC to speed up

Privacy activist Max Schrems has called on the European authorities to push the Irish regulator to speed up its handling of cases he has brought against Facebook on the second anniversary of the introduction of rules designed to help protect the data of consumers.

Business • 25 May 20

Facebook faced challenge that it does not offer sufficient data protection safeguards

Data transfer tools used by Facebook legal: ECJ advisor

Tools used by Facebook and others to transfer EU data abroad are legal, an adviser to Europe's top court has said, urging privacy watchdogs to act when required.

World • 19 Dec 19

The High Court referral asks the ECJ if the Privacy Shield does in fact mean that the US 'ensures an adequate level of protection'

ECJ asked to probe Facebook US data transfers

The ability of firms such as Facebook to easily transfer Europeans' data to the US was plunged into legal limbo when the High Court asked the EU's top court for a detailed assessment of whether the methods were legal.

Business • 12 Apr 18

The EU Court of Justice said that Max Schrems could bring action in Austria against Facebook Ireland

EU court dismisses class action suit against Facebook

An Austrian privacy activist cannot bring a class action lawsuit against Facebook for alleged privacy violations but can sue the company himself in his home country, the European Union's highest court has ruled.

World • 25 Jan 18

Data Protection Commissioner looking at use of Standard Contractual Clauses by Facebook

Court hears US government arguments in data case

Ten parties, including the US government, have made arguments to the Commercial Court as to why they should be allowed to have a watching brief in a case being taken by the Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon.

News • 07 Jul 16

Facebook has its EU HQ in Dublin and is regulated by the Data Protection Commissioner

DPC refers Facebook data transfers to top EU court

The Data Protection Commissioner is to refer Facebook’s data transfer mechanisms to the European Court of Justice, posing a new legal threat to data transfers to the US by companies such as Facebook and Google.

News • 25 May 16

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