Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts Supreme Court (Irlanda)

Date: 05/31/2019

Subject: The decision of the Supreme Court, rejected the claim lodged by Facebook, in the proceeding The Data Protection Commissioner vs Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems, aiming at examining the reasons which lead the High Court to promote the preliminary referral (still pending) to the Court of Justice with regard to the validity of the European Commission’s decisions on standard contract terms concerning the transfer of personal data towards third Countries

Parties: The Data Protection Commissioner v. Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems

Original language: Irish

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 8 Personal data: fairly processing - Personal data: consent - Personal data: access

Text