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ECJ Judgment in Case C‑64519 — GDPR — Facebook Case In Court and What New Regulations It Caused

ECJ Judgment in Case C‑64519 — GDPR — Facebook Case In Court and What New Regulations It Caused

Tuesday, 15 June, 2021

Recently published on June 15, 2021, it established that in case of an infringement of the GDPR any supervisory authority may exercise its power before a court of a Member State.

 

On September 11, 2015, the president of the Belgian Privacy Commission requested an injunction against Facebook, on the grounds of ending alleged infringements of data protection laws by Facebook included in its new policies.

The data was violated by the collection and use of information on the browsing behavior of Belgian Internet users.

 

On February 16, 2018, the court found that it had the power to rule on said action and acted in favor of Belgian citizens, canceling all the consent given by Internet users to the collection and processing of their data.

 

Facebook sought to appeal, however that was unsuccessful

 

Legal proceedings were initiated in relation to an instance of cross-border data processing.

 

The court stated that Facebook is inextricably linked to the processing of controversial personal data in the main litigation, which definitely is on the regulation of the RGPD.

 

It was established that each member state must provide by law that its supervisory authority has the power to deal with infringements of said Regulation and, if necessary, to initiate legal proceedings.

 

Source:

  1. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): the Court specifies the conditions for the exercise of the national supervisory authorities’ powers with respect to the cross-border processing of data; PRESS RELEASE No 103/21; Luxembourg, 15 June 2021; Judgment in Case C-645/19; Facebook Ireland and Others
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