Sentences with phrase «irish data protection law»

Facebook's strategy of arguing it is not under the jurisdiction of privacy laws in international markets is a standard play for the company which instructs its lawyers to argue it is only subject to Irish data protection law, given its international HQ is based in Ireland.

The audit comprehensively reviewed our compliance with Irish data protection law, which is grounded in European data protection principles.

Not exact matches

The decision is part of the planned legislation for harmonising Irish law with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on 25 May.

On the third main issue, the Advocate General argued that on the facts of this case, including because in this case the applicable law is that of the Member State of the supervisory authority that wishes to exercise its powers of intervention, that Article 28 (6) of the Data Protection Directive should be interpreted such that the ULD is entitled to exercise its powers of intervention against Facebook Ireland with complete independence and without being required first to call on the Irish supervisory authority.

Two years ago, an Austrian law student Max Scherms filed a complaint with the Irish DPA claiming that there was no effective data protection regime in the US.

The Directive is implemented in Irish law by the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, section 11 of which provides:

«Facebook is invoking an exception in Irish law in the data protection law — involving, «disproportionate effort».

Mr. Schrems lodged a complaint with the Irish data protection authority, taking the view that, in the light of the revelations made in 2013 by Edward Snowden concerning the activities of the United States intelligence services (in particular the National Security Agency), the law and practices of the US offer no real protection against surveillance by the US of the data transferred to that country.

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