May 3, 2025
Trending News

Brussels is confident that the EU and the EU will be able to transfer personal data before the summer

  • May 22, 2023
  • 0

The European Commission believed this Monday that the agreement reached European Union And USA In order for companies to again transfer personal data of citizens between the two

The European Commission believed this Monday that the agreement reached European Union And USA In order for companies to again transfer personal data of citizens between the two blocks, it could come into force “before the summer.”

This was stated by the representative of the justice of the community executive Christian Wiegand after the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed a fine of 1.200 million euros on Meta for the fact that facebook violates user privacy.

The Irish authorities also forced the multinational corporation to suspend the transfer of user data from facebookWhat the company continued to make despite the fact that the EU Court of Justice annulled the agreement between the EU and the US in 2020, considering that Washington did not guarantee the privacy of European citizens.

Photo: Pexels

Following this decision, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden announced last year an agreement on the possibility of transferring personal data between both blocks.

“It guarantees stability and legal security which companies are looking for, guaranteeing the strict protection of the privacy of citizens, ”said Wiegand.

Last October, Biden signed an executive order promoting a new data privacy system between the US and the EU. what Brussels is analyzing to make sure that this will actually resolve the doubts raised by the CJEU.

Meta, which is appealing against the fine imposed by the Irish authorities, last year threatened to withdraw from the EU single market unless Brussels and Washington reach an agreement to retransmit user data.

(EFE)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Exit mobile version