It will be almost 10 years since a complaint was made regarding Facebook data transfers from the EU to the US But, it seems that the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has made the process live again thanks to a decision that seems to be taken this summer.
It seems that there is a slight controversy about the legality of these data transfers over which it is intended to exercise greater control over the privacy of users. It was yesterday, July 7, when the DPC sent that draft decision and the estimated response time is 1 month.
A landmark Supreme Court decision
Although this process of determining what to do with Facebook data transfers from the EU to the US has now been recalled, already in 2020 the Supreme Court was investigating a new legal hole around all this.
The questions everyone is asking is what will happen to facebook? It will have to make important adjustments in its internal actions and it may be that if data flows from the EU to the US were to stop completely this social network, which has the largest number of users, according to Statista 2.9 billion, could find itself in trouble. In the end, it is this data for which Facebook, and other social networks, are free.
Where does all this come from?
This issue regarding data transfers stems from a confrontation between the EU and the US, at the time. The EU surveillance and privacy rights law generated a confrontation with the USA. This is what is now causing an unspoken decision to be made on this, as EU data protection laws have tightened in recent years.
Reputation over privacy doesn’t precede Facebook, either.. In recent years he has experienced several crises related to this. In 2018, for example, we all remember the crisis caused by the massive data leak that made the hashtag #deletefacebook become a Trending Topic. The fact that the cessation of data transfers was determined, at last, could be a serious blow.
The data transfer agreement from the EU to the US
It is hoped that there will be an agreement on data transfers from the EU to the US, but it may not be possible to create a new legal framework regulate all of this. Therefore, we must remain on the lookout until the conditions are determined by which Facebook must stop these data transfers or can continue to carry them out according to certain rules.
Be that as it may, maybe this summer Facebook went through a bittersweet moment if the situation does not improve and the decision is the complete cessation of data transfers. For now, users can continue to enjoy the platform as normal because the chances of its doors being closed in Europe are still very remote.
