In a new turn to the Maximilian Schrems case in Ireland, the Irish High Court on 18 June 2014 decided to refer several questions to the European Court of Justice, including whether national data protection authorities in Europe may disregard the Safe Harbor decision of the European Commission when assessing whether the U.S. recipient of data ensures an adequate level of data protection required under EU law. Depending on the outcome of the case, European and U.S. companies may not be able to rely on Safe Harbor to legitimise cross-border data transfers in the future.
Tag Archives: Ireland
German Court Holds Presence of Irish Subsidiary Precludes Application of German Data Protection Law to Facebook
In a decision with important implications not only for Facebook but potentially for many companies not primarily located in Europe but with European customers, on February 14 the Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgericht) for the German State Schleswig-Holstein decided that German data protection law is not applicable to U.S.-based Facebook Inc. as well as its European subsidiary, Facebook Ireland Ltd., […]
Blogging from the IAPP London Data Protection Intensive
IAPP Europe is currently holding its Data Protection Intensive 2012 in London. This entry from London partner Quentin Archer contains a report from today’s keynote sessions on the Irish regulatory landscape and the economics of privacy
Irish Court: IP addresses not personal data
Irish Court upholds contractual graduated response mechanism to fight online copyright infringement, holding that IP addresses are not personal data before they are transferred to the ISP