Data Protection Commission orders Facebook to halt sending of user data to the US

In July, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that the data transfer deal between the EU and the US - Privacy Shield - was invalid

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, and Facebook vice president of global affairs, and former deputy UK prime minister, Nick Clegg. Picture: PA

Facebook has been sent a preliminary order to suspend the transfer of data of EU users to the United States.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) sent the order to the tech giant late last month, and Facebook now says the DPC has begun an inquiry into Facebook-controlled EU to US data transfers.