Max Schrems granted review over Facebook data transfers

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Max Schrems was granted a High Court judicial review of Ireland’s data regulator over Facebook’s EU-US data transfers, reported on 12 October 2020. The review concerned the Data Protection Commission’s handling of his original complaint, which remained undecided.

The regulator had opened a new procedure and paused its handling of Schrems’s earlier complaint. Schrems said he wanted the original complaints process restarted, while the DPC said it would present its position to the court.