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Meta’s hope to shrug off fine with EU-US data transfer deal is on ‘shaky ground,’ Noyb says

( May 22, 2023, 10:02 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta’s hopes that a new EU-US data transfer deal will allow it to continue operations as normal in the EU following today’s record fine are on “shaky ground,” according to privacy campaign group Noyb. The Irish data regulator has issued Meta with a fine of 1.2 billion euros for transferring EU users’ data to the US where it is subject US surveillance laws, and stopped further transfer. Commenting on the fine, Noyb’s chair Max Schrems, who brought the case, said that while Meta may appeal, it can “at best delay the payment of the fine for a bit” and that relying on an EU-US data deal is “is likely not a permanent fix … the new deal has maybe a 10 percent chance of not being killed by the [EU Court of Justice].”Statement follows:...

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