The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months
Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open
Wall Street Journal Sam Schechner
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Discussion
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@wolfiechristl
Wolfie Christl
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Max Schrems and his tiny nonprofit NOYB deserve limitless praise for their extraordinary persistence and achievements. But it's a shame for EU policy that GDPR enforcement against big tech and in the broader digital economy relies on a nonprofit and that much of it fails so hard.
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@berinszoka
Berin Szóka
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Meta was fined for being a 🇺🇸 company that the 🇺🇸 government could spy on Every 🇺🇸 company risks huge fines. Worse, unless 🇪🇺 quickly determines that 🇺🇸 data protection law is now “adequate,” 🇺🇸 tech companies will stop “processing” 🇪🇺 data—serving 🇪🇺 users 🪦open 🌐 Internet https…
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@jamestitcomb
James Titcomb
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Punchy response by Nick Clegg to Meta's €1.2bn GDPR fine “The internet risks being carved up into national and regional silos, restricting the global economy and leaving citizens in different countries unable to access many of the shared services we have come to rely on.”
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@adamkovac
Adam Kovacevich
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As I said when this was reported last week, this is like fining someone for jaywalking while city planners repaint the crosswalk, all while a thousand other people cross at the same spot. The Irish Court has weaponized the law against FB even as a US-EU agreement on data is... ht…
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@markscott82
Mark Scott
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Boom — record 1.2 BILLION euro fine for @meta under Europe's privacy rules. Takes collective fines under #GDPR to just under 4 billion euros since regime started in 2018. FWIW, that's less than @FTC's $5 billion fine against Facebook https://www.politico.eu/...
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@anupamchander
Anupam Chander
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The largest data protection fine in EU history stems from the transfer of data across borders—to the US—with no showing of any ongoing access by impermissible third parties (such as the NSA) beyond that in Snowden disclosures or any deceptive use of information by Meta. 1/
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@progresschamber
@progresschamber
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EU courts struck down an EU-US data flow agreement. As the EU and US finalize a new agreement, an EU court is weaponizing the law against Meta for data practices in the interim. It's no mystery why the best tech firms have their home in the US, not the EU https://www.nytimes.com/…
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@nickclegg
Nick Clegg
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Today's @DPCIreland decision is not about one company's privacy practices - there is a fundamental conflict of law between the US government's rules on access to data & European privacy rights, which policymakers are expected to resolve in the summer. See our blog here:... https:…
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@vmanancourt
Vincent Manancourt
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This is the latest EU privacy fine that's been significantly boosted and altered by the European Data Protection Board, the bloc's privacy regulator umbrella body. Are we seeing the de facto centralisation of GDPR enforcement in cross-border cases involving Big Tech? https://twit…
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@lukolejnik
Lukasz Olejnik
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The clock counter on Facebook is now ticking. #GDPR https://www.tickcounter.com/ ... [image]
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@liamherrick
Liam Herrick
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noyb win: € 1.2 billion fine against Meta over EU-US data transfers. Worth looking at noyb account of how this decision finally came about... https://noyb.eu/...
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@adam_tooze
Adam Tooze
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Facebook owner Meta Platforms META was fined $1.3 billion by European Union regulators for sending user information to the U.S. -> increase pressure on US to conclude a data protection/sharing deal with the EU. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@johnnyryan
Johnny Ryan
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I spoke to The New York Tomes' @satariano about the big problem for Meta after today's decision. Not the fine. https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
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@lukolejnik
Lukasz Olejnik
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Six months. That's how much time Facebook/Meta has to adapt to the decision. If they don't (or the EU doesn't get along with the US) - Facebook/Instagram will have to be shut down in Europe. Facebook a hostage in the negotiations between the European Union and the US? #GDPR https…
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@smashdawg
Jeremy Kaplan
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Wow an enormous slap in the face(book) ... and a repudiation of the traditional borderless flow of data on the Internet. https://www.nytimes.com/...
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@sophiaignatidou
Sophia Ignatidou
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GDPR breaches relate to how data is processed. Evidence of harm may make the implications of these violations more easy to digest by the public (& they probably mean we spotted them too late), but the violations themselves should lead to regulatory action: https://www.theguardian…
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@jangles
Neville Hobson
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Can they collect, though? Plus FB will appeal so this will drag on for months if not years. https://twitter.com/...
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@balbonipaolo
Paolo Balboni
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It's interesting to note that “Given the seriousness of the infringement, the EDPB found that the starting point for calculation of the fine should be between 20% and 100% of the applicable legal maximum.” See https://edpb.europa.eu/... [image]
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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BAM. There it is, PAGE 253 of the order. Facebook has to delete all of its illegally collected EU data from storage. They're also being fined $1.3 BILLION but as I've said that's the insignificant hit to its surveillance capitalism business model. [image]
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@samschech
Sam Schechner
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In something of a test case, that led Ireland's privacy regulator in Sept. 2020 to issue a preliminary draft order for Meta to suspend Facebook's data transfers to the U.S.: https://www.wsj.com/...
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@privacymatters
@privacymatters
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2/ “EDPB instructs the @DPCIreland to include in its final decision an order for Meta IE to bring processing operations into compliance with Chapter V GDPR, by ceasing the unlawful processing, including storage, in the US of personal data of EEA users transferred in violation of
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@joetidy
Joe Tidy
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This is quite the graph.... https://twitter.com/... [image]
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@samschech
Sam Schechner
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This is part of a long-running saga over EU-US data transfers that could affect thousands of multinational companies, stemming from a 2020 EU court decision: https://www.wsj.com/...
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@johnnyryan
Johnny Ryan
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The Irish DPC's peers across Europe voted by majority to say “the Irish SA” (supervisory authority) failed to comply with the GDPR by refusing to tell Meta to ban the unlawfully transferred data. Paragraph 278 of EDPB Decision. [image]
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@eu_edpb
@eu_edpb
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Following the EDPB's binding dispute resolution decision, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited was issued a 1.2 billion euro fine as a result of an inquiry into its Facebook service by the Irish DPA - the largest GDPR fine to date! Read all about it here: https://europa.eu/!p4VBjB [ima…
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@noybeu
@noybeu
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Today, a decade-long (2013 - 2023) case on Meta's involvement in US mass surveillance has lead to a first direct decision. Meta must stop any further transfers of European personal data to the United States, given that Meta is subject to US surveillance laws (like FISA 702).
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@dpcireland
@dpcireland
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Latest News: Data Protection Commission announces conclusion of inquiry into Meta Ireland https://www.dataprotection.ie/ ... [image]
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@sgclark92
Sam Clark
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A crucial element of the orders is that they are about Meta's legal basis for transfers and storage. The Irish DPC has found that Meta does not have a legal basis for these activities, but once it does, it can in theory resume those activities.
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@vmanancourt
Vincent Manancourt
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And crucially, what will the EU's highest court think about this? The Irish privacy watchdog has already appealed previous decisions saying the EDPB is overstepping its jurisdiction. Remember that under the GDPR, Ireland is supposed to have a lead role in regulating tech cos.
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@sgclark92
Sam Clark
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Worth looking out for some of Meta's other appeals against Irish enforcement, e.g. the WhatsApp 225 million euro fine. If it succeeds there - one of its arguments being that due process wasn't followed - that might spell bad news for the EDPB/DPC in this case.
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@andymstone
Andy Stone
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We will appeal the ruling - including the unjustified and unnecessary fine. https://about.fb.com/...
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@johnnyryan
Johnny Ryan
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Here is the text where the EDPB orders the Irish DPC to force Meta to delete data (p. 73 of EDPB decision) https://edpb.europa.eu/... [image]
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@riptari
@riptari
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EDPB binding decision on Fb data flows has now been published: https://edpb.europa.eu/...
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@daveleebbg
Dave Lee
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“Hanging in the balance are tens if not hundreds of billions of dollars in trade in industries such as advertising, artificial intelligence, human resources, and cloud services.” https://www.wsj.com/...
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@noybeu
@noybeu
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❗Breaking ❗ noyb win: € 1.2 billion GDPR fine for Meta over US mass surveillance. Decision required 10 years and 3 court procedures against Irish DPC. https://noyb.eu/...
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@markscott82
Mark Scott
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@Meta ... Can't get more clear than this: Europe's #privacy watchdogs “take the view that Meta IE committed the infringement at least with the highest degree of negligence and this has to be taken into account when deciding whether an administrative fine should be imposed.”
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@deitaone
@deitaone
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META PLATFORMS INC SHARES DOWN 0.6% PREMARKET AFTER REPORT META FINED $1.3 BLN BY EU OVER DATA TRANSFERS TO U.S. $META https://twitter.com/...
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@metanewsemea
@metanewsemea
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The ability for data to be transferred across borders is fundamental to how the global open internet works. Read Meta's response to the decision regarding EU-US data transfers here 👇https://about.fb.com/...
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@gavreilly
Gavan Reilly
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€1.2bn fine for Meta from the Data Protection Commission over unlawful transfer of European customer data to the United States. Biggest ever regulatory fine handed out by the Irish data watchdog. (Incidentally, that goes to the Irish exchequer...) https://www.dataprotection.ie/ .…
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@1br0wn
Ian Brown
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I'm baffled @DPCIreland thinks it not “appropriate, proportionate and necessary” to fine #Facebook ANYTHING for a major GDPR breach, now changed to €1.2bn thanks to the @eu_edpb; nor to require the deletion of data Facebook illegally transferred since 🤷♂️ https://www.dataprotect…
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@sgclark92
Sam Clark
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The application for a stay will also be crucial. The appeals don't automatically suspend the orders, so Meta getting a stay will give it breathing room to wait for the EU-US DPF.
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@markscott82
Mark Scott
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@Meta @FTC Worth remembering: Dublin did not want to impose a fine on @Meta. It only did so after other European #privacy regulators got involved. [image]
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@riptari
@riptari
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Goodness! Another selective leak of the fb data flows decision! We are being spoiled - assuming your interest is headline fines only 😋
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@deitaone
@deitaone
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Facebook Owner Meta Fined EUR1.2B for EU Privacy Violations Over Data Transfers to U.S. — Sources — WSJ EU Privacy Regulators Rule Meta Illegally Stored Data About EU Facebook Users on U.S. Soil — WSJ Decision Doesn't Apply Directly to Instagram, WhatsApp — WSJ $META
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@markscott82
Mark Scott
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It's always fun when reporters don't respect embargoes.
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@johnnyryan
Johnny Ryan
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I spoke to The Guardian's @DanMilmo about the Meta decision. Even a billion+ Euro parking ticket is of no consequence to a company that earns many more billions by parking illegally. FB was fined $5B by the US FTC in 2019. Its stock rose the next day. https://www.theguardian.com/…
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@markscott82
Mark Scott
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@Meta @FTC Fun fact: Ireland's @DPCIreland used @maxschrems and his repeated privacy complaints against @Google, which led to no fines, to argue that it shouldn't impose a fine on @Meta. So that's Dublin using arguably Europe's leading privacy campaigner as a reason why NOT to im…