Tag Archives: Privacy Shield

“None of Your Business” they said

On May 20, 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) fined Meta (formerly Facebook) €1.2 billion for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by continuing to transfer European user data to the United States without adequate safeguards in place. For more background on this case, read our articles; META behavioural advertising – Why itRead More

Privacy Shield inadequate (Schrems Deux)

Follow-up on “Should Privacy Shield be suspended” (Update August 2020): The Schrems 2 case ruling press release from the 16th July (Courts of Justice EU” CJEU” press release here https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-07/cp200091en.pdf ), so what does it mean for your data? Firstly, the CJEU has ruled that your data, when used for commercial purposes, are subject to the sameRead More