Irish Privacy Guarantor tries to block information exchange after ruling halts data movement between the two sides of the Atlantic
(Niall Carson / PA Wire) The Wall Street Journal revealed that the Irish Privacy Authority at
the end of August ordered Facebook to block any transfer of data on citizens of the European Union to
the United States. The decision would follow the ruling of the European Court of Justice which in July invalidated the so-called Privacy Shield, the agreement signed between Europe and the US to regulate the transfer of data from one side of the Atlantic to the other. Facebook still has a few days to respond but no doubt this would be a precedent that would have a domino effect on all the Silicon Valley giants that have a share of their business in Europe. But let's take a step back.
Previous episodes: Schrems cases I and II
After Edward Snowden's revelations on the surveillance programs of American security agencies (Nsa, Cia), the then student of reads Max Schrems wonders what data Facebook has about him. After understanding the amount of information collected by the social network, which the United States could have intercepted, he asks the Irish Privacy Guarantor (in Dublin there is the Euroean office of the Zuckerberg company) to force Facebook to stop the transfer of such data, as the agreement between the United States and the European Union to protect the privacy of European citizens, the so-called Safe Harbor, which has proved ineffective.
