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The EU's top court is set to revisit data transfers by Facebook to the United States (Photo: Eduardo Woo)

EU court to probe new Facebook data challenge

The High Court in Ireland wants the European Court of Justice to decide on a case that could have huge implications on Facebook data transfers from Europe to the United States.

On Tuesday (3 October), the court issued a 152-page judgment on Facebook's EU-US data transfers following revelations of US-led mass surveillance in 2013.

Max Schrems, an Austrian privacy campaigner who had initially challenged Facebook in light of ...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

The EU's top court is set to revisit data transfers by Facebook to the United States (Photo: Eduardo Woo)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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