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DUBLIN, March 7 (Reuters) – A new pact to facilitate the secure transfer of EU citizens’ personal data to the United States Facebookmay not enter into force in time to prevent disruption of the transatlantic data flow of USA company leader Europe said the regulator. Tuesday.
Stop it in Europe Facebook warning that it may force you to terminate your services Facebook owner Meta ( META.O ) declined to comment on the possible timing of the regulator’s decision or whether the new pact would take effect.
Led by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) Helen Dixon European Union regulators, USA of Facebook because of concerns that intelligence agencies could access them Europe prohibits the legal instrument it uses to transmit user data.
In an interview, Dixon said the ban could be in place until mid-May, with a new EU-USA the data protection framework may take longer, he said.
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Apple (AAPL.O), Google Dixon, who is the European regulator for U.S. technology companies including ( GOOGL.O ) and Twitter ( TWTR ), said: “There is certainly a chance. More than luck, I would say,” he said. .MX), as its regional headquarters is in Ireland.
“They could be very close on the timeline, or the DPC suspension order could come into effect early,” Dixon told Reuters. “Things are going down the wire.”
The suspension could set a precedent for other firms. It must be signed off by other European regulators by April 13, after which Dixon said he would have another month to make a decision.
A spokesperson for Meta said the company “welcomes the progress made by policymakers to ensure the seamless transfer of data across borders and awaits the regulator’s final decision on this matter.”
A NEW FRAME
Officials give EU citizens the same level of data protection as European law offer he said the new EU-US framework, which aims to do so, could be ready by the summer. “They’re still talking about July,” Dixon said.
He is expected to face a legal challenge from critics who believe he is too weak. Two previous US-EU pacts, the Safe Harbor and the Privacy Shield, of the European Union higher by the court cancellation was done.
Dixon said he and his fellow regulators are positive about the new deal, and the European Commission is his court he is sure that he will survive his problem.
Critics such as privacy campaigner Max Schrems have accused Dixon and his office of being under-resourced and too lenient, charges he has denied.
Office 1 last year billion “We’re really hitting our stride, we’re working fast,” said Dixon, who paid out more than €100,000 in fines – about two-thirds of fine matters in the EU and UK last year.
After he completed 17 cases last year Googleworking on 22 large-scale international projects, including Meta and Tik Tok.
Last year 200 and plans to grow its workforce to 250 this year from the 27 people Dixon joined in 2014.
Written by Conor Humphries. Edited by Tomasz Janowski
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2023-03-07 05:05:27
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