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 … Business • 23 May
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 … 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, … Business • 20 Jul 21
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 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 … Business • 15 Jul 20
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 … Business • 13 Jul 20
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
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 … Business • 25 May 20
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 … World • 19 Dec 19
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 … Business • 12 Apr 18
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 … World • 25 Jan 18
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 … News • 07 Jul 16
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 … News • 25 May 16
