How Us Companies Balance Gdpr Compliance With International Data Transfers
Solutions Review, Wednesday, September 13,2023
Solutions Review's Contributed Content Series is a collection of contributed articles written by thought leaders in enterprise software categories. Ameesh Divatia of Baffle takes a closer look at the world of GDPR compliance and international data transfers.
In May, the Irish Data Protection Commission levied a hefty $1.3 billion fine against Meta - the parent company of Facebook and Instagram - for transferring data from Ireland to the U.S. in a manner that was not compliant with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Trans-Atlantic data transfers to the U.S. have been a rather nebulous prospect since 2020 when the Court of Justice of the European Union nullified the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which outlined rules for consumer data transfers outside of Europe.