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Irish Data Protection Commission Fines TikTok Over EEA Data Transfers to China

Maynard Nexsen on 5/12/2025

On May 2, 2025, the Irish Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) issued a decision, as lead supervisory authority, finding that TikTok infringed the GDPR regarding (a) its cross-border transfers of EEA User Data to China, and (b)...more

EU: DLA Piper GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey: January 2025

DLA Piper on 1/21/2025

The seventh annual edition of DLA Piper’s GDPR Fines and Data Breach Survey has revealed another significant year in data privacy enforcement, with an aggregate total of EUR1.2 billion (USD1.26 billion/GBP996 million) in...more

European Data Protection Board's Opinion on AI Models

BCLP on 12/24/2024

On 17 December 2024, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted its opinion on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models (Opinion). The Opinion comes as a...more

Implications of the €310 Million LinkedIn Fine for GDPR Compliance

EDRM - Electronic Discovery Reference Model on 10/29/2024

ComplexDiscovery’s Editor’s Note: This recent €310 million fine imposed on LinkedIn by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) marks a powerful moment in GDPR enforcement, underlining the regulatory rigor facing global...more

Ireland: Increased Regulatory Convergence of AI and Data Protection: X Suspends Training of AI Chatbot With EU User Data After...

DLA Piper on 8/26/2024

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has welcomed X’s agreement to suspend its processing of certain personal data for the purpose of training its AI chatbot tool, Grok. This comes after the DPC issued suspension...more

DSIR Deeper Dive: Absent Legislation, Privacy Regulators Offer Guidance on AI

BakerHostetler on 10/11/2023

By now, many of us are using AI, advising others about how to use AI, and waiting for some legislative miracle to give us some guardrails for what we can or cannot be doing with AI. A lot of effort has been put into tracking...more

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission and Meta: What You Need to Know

Fox Rothschild LLP on 6/12/2023

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has fined Meta Ireland 1.2 billion EUR. While you have probably heard about that, there is much, much more to this case and the larger Schrems II cross border saga. Here is what you...more

Mega Fine for Meta: $1.3 Billion Penalty Imposed for Data Privacy Violations

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 6/9/2023

The European Union’s (“EU”) Data Protection Commission (the “Commission”) recently fined Meta Ireland $1.3 billion (or €1.2 billion) for improper data transfers from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to the United States in...more

This Is Not a Test: The Significant Impacts of the Ireland Data Protection Commission’s Meta Decision

Miller Nash LLP on 6/6/2023

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), through Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), issued another fine against a large US technology company. What may come as a surprise is the...more

Irish Supervisory Authority "Poking" at Meta's GDPR Practices

K&L Gates LLP on 6/6/2023

Closing in on the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced on 22 May 2023 that it had fined the Irish subsidiary of...more

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, Meta and Art 49 Derogations: An Overview

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/31/2023

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has fined Meta €1.2 billion. What, however, did the commission say in the case about using Art 49 derogations for transfers to the U.S.? An overview: I will discuss the Meta decision...more

Meta Fined EUR 1.2 Billion for Violating GDPR

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 5/24/2023

On 22 May 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta Ireland) with a EUR 1.2 billion (approximately 1.3 billion U.S. dollar) fine for breaches of the GDPR with respect to...more

Less Is More, Too Much Is Not Enough: What the Irish DPC’s €390 Million Fine Against Meta Could Mean for Your Privacy Notice

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 1/19/2023

European data protection authorities kicked 2023 off with a bang when, on January 4, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced that Meta Platforms Ireland would be fined a total of €390 million (roughly $414...more

Data Protection Commission Ireland Carefully Considering Public Input, Thoughtfully Responding

Fox Rothschild LLP on 11/30/2021

Data Protection Commission Ireland has issued a report on the responses it received to its public consultation on its guidance on children’s rights. Of particular note is the careful consideration the commission gave the...more

Irish DPA Hits WhatsApp with $266M Fine for Alleged GDPR Violations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 9/3/2021

When GDPR became effective three years ago, companies took notice of the fines and penalties attached to violations of the stringent privacy law—4 percent of global annual sales....more

Nota Bene Episode 123: Europe Q2 Check In - Brexit Updates and Antitrust Laws in the Digital Economy with Oliver Heinisch

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/18/2021

Joining Michael this week for the podcast quarterly check in with Europe is International Competition specialist Oliver Heinisch from London. Oliver shares the latest updates from the continent, including insight on Brexit,...more

EU-U.S. Data Transfers Under Fresh Spotlight Following Irish DPC Ruling

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/17/2021

Today saw a key ruling by the Irish High Court which could have wide ranging implications in relation to a range of data use, targeted advertising and data transfers between Europe and the United States. The Irish data...more

Twitter fined $546,000 in December 2020 by European Data Protection Authority for 2019 Breach Notification Violations

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 1/5/2021

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Twitter 450,000 euros (about US$546,000) for failing to timely notify the Irish DPC within the required 72 hours of discovering a Q4 2018 breach involving a bug in its Android...more

Irish Data Case Against Facebook Could Complicate All Data Transfers to the US

Womble Bond Dickinson on 9/17/2020

Will the EU finally deny the right to transfer any personal data from its shores to the United States? Its privacy decisions have been inching closer to this determination for years, and an Irish case against Facebook may tip...more

Schrems II and EU-U.S. Personal Information Transfers: Where Are We, and What’s Next?

Akerman LLP on 8/5/2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently issued a decision with global implications for data transfers from the EU in a case referred to the CJEU from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, colloquially...more

How to Comply with International Transfers – The Regulatory Guidance Overview on the “Schrems II” Decision

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/30/2020

EDPB and data protection authorities’ views and statements on the “Schrems II”- decision by the CJEU - On 16 July, 2020, the European Court of Justice (“CJEU“) passed a decision invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield and...more

No Grace Period After Invalidation of EU-US Privacy Shield in Schrems II

Morgan Lewis on 7/28/2020

As discussed in an earlier alert, the Court of Justice of the European Union in a landmark decision in the Schrems II case invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield framework, which was widely used by thousands of US organizations...more

SCCs: EU authorities' stance on EU data exports in wake of Schrems II

Hogan Lovells on 7/23/2020

The table below sets out the guidance provided by data protection authorities (DPA) in response to the European Court of Justice’s landmark judgment in Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland and...more

EU’s Highest Court Upends Personal Data Transfers to the United States: Action Steps for U.S. Multinational Employers to Keep HR...

Littler on 7/21/2020

The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”), on July 16, 2020, invalidated the European Union-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework (“Privacy Shield”), which more than 5,300 U.S. organizations had relied on to lawfully...more

CJEU Invalidates Privacy Shield; OKs Standard Contractual Clauses Subject to Greater Scrutiny

Troutman Pepper Locke on 7/21/2020

On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the supreme court of the European Union on matters involving European Union law, issued its long anticipated decision in the “Schrems II” case ( case...more

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