Irish Data Protection Commission asks Facebook to strop transferring data to the US after invalidation of the Privacy Shield

The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 9 that Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner issued a preliminary order that Facebook must stop transferring user data to the U.S. The order, which was reported based on anonymous sources “according to people familiar with the matter,” follows the Court of Justice of the European Union’s ruling on the Schrems v. DPC case in July, in which the court struck down the Privacy Shield agreement between the EU and U.S. citing problems with U.S. surveillance policies, as well as a lack of effective remedies for EU data subjects as required under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

While the DPC’s preliminary order on its face looks like it could wildly disrupt data transfers for myriad companies like Facebook who rely on legal data transfers from the EU to the U.S. to conduct business, some say the ruling doesn’t deserve the visceral reaction Wednesday’s headline seemed to illicit.  

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