Rita Neves Costa
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The technology giant is considering suspending services in the European Union if the ban on transferring user data from Europe to the United States goes ahead. This month, the Irish Data Protection Commission, Europe’s top privacy regulator in Europe, had urged the company to stop sharing this content.
It is a threat from Facebook, after the Supreme Court of Ireland ordered the suspension of data transfer from Europe to the United States. The company’s head of privacy in Europe, Yvonne Cunnane, clarifies in a document to which the Irish press had access, that “it is not clear how Facebook, in these circumstances, could continue to provide Facebook and Instagram services in the European Union” .
The suspension of data sharing (ordered by the Supreme Court of Ireland) came after the Irish Data Protection Commission and Facebook entered a legal dispute. The independent authority, which defends the rights of the European Union (EU), opened an investigation into the transfer of data between Europe and the USA.
In turn, Mark Zuckerberg’s company sent a letter to the Irish court, where it argued that the suspension of data sharing will have a major impact on the operation of social networking services in Europe.
According to the newspaper “El Mundo”, Facebook clarified to the agency “Europa Press” that the document sent to the court did not constitute a threat, but rather a warning. “International data transfers support the global economy and support many of the services,” said a company spokeswoman.
A few months ago, the Court of Justice of the European Union had ruled against the data transfer agreements, established between Facebook and the European Commission. The EU legal body does not consider that user data is adequately protected.
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