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DPC fines Meta €1.2bn ($1.3bn) over personal data transfers to the US

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Thomas Hyrkiel

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The size of the fine has generated headlines, but implications of the ruling run deep and give cause for concern.

The impact of this decision by the Irish regulator may be far more widely felt in the future because, despite only Meta being targeted, a large number of companies rely on the standard contractual clauses (SCCs), as set out by the EU Commission Decisions in 2010 and 2021,

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