Irish Regulator Says Data Transfer Row Will Deliver Clarity

Law360, New York (September 30, 2016, 9:13 PM EDT) -- The Irish data protection regulator revealed that the "urgent" need to give multinationals certainty about what methods they can use to transfer data between the U.S. and EU largely inspired her decision to move forward with an activist's challenge to Facebook's reliance on model contracts for such exchanges.

In an update on the closely watched litigation over the validity of standard contractual clauses that is currently pending before the Irish High Court, Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon on Wednesday offered new insight into the impetus for her decision to take up the case, which stems from a complaint that Austrian...

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