The Irish Data Protection Commission announced Monday that Meta breached the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by moving large amounts of personal data of European Facebook users to the United States without adequately protecting them from data surveillance practices. of washington.
In addition to the fine, he was given a period of five months to “suspend any future transfer of personal data to the US”
Ireland’s privacy watchdog said Meta’s use of a legal instrument known as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to move data to the United States “does not address the risks to the rights and fundamental freedoms” of European Facebook users.
In addition to the fine, Meta has been given a period of five months to “suspend any future transfer of personal data to the US from the date of notification of the CPD decision.”
Meta receives the largest fine imposed in the European Union, surpassing Amazon
Meta – like other international companies – continued to resort to this legal instrument as European and US authorities worked to establish a new agreement on data flows and as the US technology giant lacked other legal mechanisms to transfer your personal data. The EU and the US are finalizing a new agreement on data flow that could arrive between July and October.
The Court of Justice of the European Union annulled in 2020 an agreement on data flows between the EU and the United States known as the Privacy Shield for fear of the surveillance practices of US intelligence services. In the same ruling, the EU’s highest court also tightened the requirements for using CCTs.
The US tech giant warned at the time that if it was forced to stop using CCTs without a proper fallback agreement on data flow, it could shut down services like Facebook and Instagram in Europe.
The sanction against Meta constitutes the largest fine imposed in the EU under the General Data Protection Regulation and occurs on the eve of the fifth anniversary of its entry into force, on May 25. This sanction eclipses the one imposed on Amazon by the EU, which amounted to 746 million euros. In addition, it should be remembered that the Irish regulator has also imposed four fines on the Meta platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, of between 405 and 225 million euros, in the last two years.
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