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4th Advent Reading: Facebook fully ignores "Schrems" rulings by Court of Justice

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Data Transfers 4th Advent Reading: Facebook's "Transfer Impact Assessment" fully ignores rulings by Court of Justice In the last "Advent Reading" in protest against the Irish DPC's removal of noyb from a procedure, we will discuss Facebook's discarding of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) rulings on EU-US data transfers, in an allegedly "confidential" 86 pages "Transfer Impact Assessment". Since 2013, the issue of Facebook's cooperation with US government agencies on mass surveillance is pending before the Irish Data Protection Commission ("DPC"). A first decision by the Irish DPC is not even in sight - 8.5 years after the initial complaint and 1.5 years after the second clarification by the CJEU. Schrems: "Facebook fully ignores the Court of Justice, despite two explicit rulings." POLITICO reported on the document: "Europe's top court says Washington plays fast and loose with European data. Facebook disagrees." Deep Dive: Detailed description and Advent Reading from the Four Docume