The €1.2 billion fine that the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) against Meta marks a new record for violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but it is the DPC’s order that the company to shut off its transatlantic flow of user data that will have the most far-reaching consequences for international trade, privacy policy, and the rule of law.
The DPC's actions come as the EU and United States had been seeking to finalize a new data-transfer mechanism. This punitive action sets a dangerous precedent for future U.S.-EU cooperation.
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