Data Protection Commission clocks up nearly €3m in legal bills over EU-US data transfer case

The case last year went to the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) in Strasbourg which examined the validity or otherwise of European Commission decisions approving EU-US data transfer channels used by Facebook and others.

Last December, a non-binding opinion by a high level adviser to the ECJ found that personal data transfers from tech companies in the EU into the US are “valid”. Max Schrems is pictured.

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has run up a legal bill of over €2.9m as a result of the long-running Max Schrems’ data case.

In May 2016, Commissioner, Helen Dixon commenced the legal action that has involved a six-week hearing at the High Court in Dublin.