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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

GDPR and AI Models: Key Insights from the EDPB’s Latest Opinion

HaystackID on 12/19/2024

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has released a comprehensive opinion addressing key data protection concerns related to the development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) models. The opinion, requested...more

Irish Data Protection Commission fines LinkedIn Ireland EUR 310 million for GDPR violations

Goodwin on 11/6/2024

On October 24, 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a press release announcing its EUR 310 million fine of LinkedIn over the platform’s use of member personal data in breach of the EU’s General Data...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

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

Irish Data Protection Commission Orders Meta Ireland to Suspend Facebook Data Transfers to the US and Imposes Record GDPR Fine of...

Latham & Watkins LLP on 5/23/2023

The final decision of the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) in relation to the transfers of EU/EEA Facebook user data by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta Ireland) to its processor, Meta Platforms, Inc., in the US...more

One-Two Punch: Lessons from the Irish DPC’s WhatsApp Decision

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 2/3/2023

2023 continues to be a busy year for European data protection authorities. Following its release of the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC’s) binding decisions in cases against Facebook and Instagram, the European Data...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

The Irish Data Protection Commission Widens the Definition of “Personal Data Breach,” as Well as the Approach to Timely...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/15/2022

On 14 March 2022 the Data Protection Commission of Ireland (DPC) handed down a decision in respect of 22 personal data breach notifications made by the Bank of Ireland Group Plc (BOI) between November 2018 and June 2019. The...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

The Proverbial Other Foot: Proposed U.S. Legislation Could Ban Personal Data Transfers to Ireland and Other U.S. Allies

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 5/3/2021

Digital giants and other data-driven businesses that have moved their companies from the United Kingdom to Ireland in the wake of Brexit could soon be bracing for a new shake-up in light of legislation recently proposed in...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

Court of Justice of the European Union strikes down Privacy Shield, but upholds Standard Contractual Clauses

Bricker Graydon LLP on 7/20/2020

On July 16, 2020, Europe’s highest court, the Court of Justice of the European Union, struck down the Privacy Shield, an agreement that permitted companies operating in the European Union (EU) to transfer data to the United...more

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