Austrian regulators declare Meta tracking tools are illegal
The Austrian Data Protection authority has issued a decision stemming from a 2020 complaint.
The Austrian Data Protection Authority (DSB) has decided that the use of Facebook’s tracking pixel directly violates the EU's GDPR privacy law and the so-called “Schrems II” decision on transatlant... Read more
Irish data regulator: ‘EU-US pact could arrive too late for Facebook’
The Irish privacy watchdog has had Facebook in its sights for over a year, and a decision looms.
A new Data Privacy Framework (DPF) designed to facilitate the safe transfer of EU citizens' personal data to the US may come into effect too late to save Facebook from a suspension of its transatlan... Read more
EU privacy watchdog has concerns over new data transfer pact with US
The body tasked with enforcing the GDPR believes there is still work to be done in order to comply.
This week the EU's data protection enforcer "expressed concerns" about a European Commission draft decision that would establish a new data transfer framework with the United States.
The Europ... Read more
EU-US privacy shield draws nearer
The European Union is moving in on the final stages of a data transfer pact with the United States. Brussels issued a draft decision asserting that US safeguards against intelligence-gathering activities are robust enough to address concerns previously raised by the EU.
Both sides managed to sea... Read more
US is expected to reveal a revamped Privacy Shield next week
Three sources familiar with the matter told POLITICO that the White House is set to issue its long-anticipated executive order on transatlantic data flows next week.
The new Privacy Shield is intended to address European complaints about US surveillance methods, and it may be signed and announc... Read more
EU-US data transfers will soon be legal, new Privacy Shield under way
The United States and European Union agree on a new framework for legal data transfers between the EU and US.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the European Union and United States reached an agreement for legal EU-US data transfers.
The new agreement will be i... Read more
Meta receives a new draft decision on its EU-U.S. data transfers
"This is not a final decision," a spokesperson for the tech giant was quick to comment.
Facebook has received a “revised” preliminary decision from its lead EU privacy regulator this week. The decision could have implications for its ability to continue to export user data to the US. This i... Read more
France condemns Analytics: Europe slowly eliminates Google software
The French privacy and data authority (CNIL) is using Google Analytics as an argument to accuse several French sites of privacy violations. In doing so, the CNIL follows the example of Dutch, Norwegian and Austrian authorities.
"Google's measures are not sufficient to exclude the accessibility o... Read more
Meta (Facebook, Instagram) threatens to pull out of Europe
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is threatening to blackout its social media platforms in Europe if the European Union continues to push EU-US data transfer measures.
According to the social media giant, the processing of user data between countries is essential for service delivery and tar... Read more
‘Data Act tightens conditions for EU-US data transfers even further’
The EU Data Act will require cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft and Google to stop illegal data transfers between the EU and non-EU. The bill is scheduled to be presented somewhere in the coming month. Reuters shares the news based on a document that -- according to Reuters -- was leaked.
Th... Read more