DUBLIN—Ireland’s data privacy regulator moved a step closer to a ruling that could halt EU–U.S. data transfers by Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram when it shared an updated draft order with other EU regulators on Thursday, a spokesperson said.
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a provisional order in 2020 to block the mechanism Meta uses to transfer data on EU users to the United States, after Europe’s highest court deemed the agreement allowing it invalid due to surveillance concerns.
After the block was issued the European Union and United States announced a preliminary data transfer deal to end the limbo, and data flows have continued pending a final agreement….