DPC hit with huge legal bill after Facebook privacy case

31/10/2020 | The Irish Times

The Irish Data Protection Commission must pay the legal costs of Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems regarding the landmark EU ruling concerning Facebook. The bill is expected to total in excess of €2m.  Meanwhile, France24 criticises the Irish DPA for being all bark and no bite.  

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