PDF. Short summary: Court of Justice of the EU rules that data protection authorities may, under certain preconditions, prosecute cases outside their original jurisdiction. In the present case, the Belgian authority may prosecute Facebook although it is seated in Ireland.
I think this may end the "Irish Model" of systematically turning a blind eye to violations and dragging their feet on prosecution, because others will happily pick up the slack and collect fines.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 14.5 ms ] threadI think this may end the "Irish Model" of systematically turning a blind eye to violations and dragging their feet on prosecution, because others will happily pick up the slack and collect fines.