Tag: Standard Contractual Clauses

Tag: Standard Contractual Clauses

TikTok has been fined €530 million by Irish DPC

TikTok has been fined €530 million by the Irish DPC for unlawful data transfers to China and lack of transparency.  On 2 May 2025, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), acting as lead supervisory authority under the GDPR, published its final decision in an inquiry into TikTok Technology Limited’s data transfers from the EEA to

Meta considers EU shut down

Meta considers EU shut down in the absence of a framework for the storage of EU data on US servers.   Representatives from Meta have spoken up about the possibility of the company having to shut down Instagram and Facebook services in the EU, unless a framework is implemented which allows them to store EU

New SCCs adopted for international data transfers

New SCCs adopted by the European Commission last week introduce more legal and privacy safeguards for data transfers.    Since the CJEU‘s Schrems II decision last July, affecting transfers outside the EU via Standard Contractual Clauses, SCC’s have been the topic of much discussion regarding data transfers. These SCCs have been used by numerous companies