DPC cancels Parliamentary Hearing on EU-US transfers

Data Transfers EU-US Transfers, a Parliamentary Resolution — and a Dramatic Exit. As the Irish Times and the Financial Times reported yesterday evening, a substantial fight between the Irish DPC, the German BfDI and the European Parliament's LIBE Committee has emerged over the DPC's failure to enforce the GDPR on Big Tech. After Helen Dixon (Irish DPC) called into question other DPAs and the Parliament's Draft Resolution, she then cancelled her participation in a Parliamentary hearing scheduled for today. European Parliament criticises the Irish DPC. The Parliament's Draft Resolution voices "concern" that the DPC started a lengthy litigation (since 2013) instead of deciding on Facebook's EU-US transfers. It said that the DPC is also slow on other cases. It also called on the European Commission to start an infringment procedure against Ireland "for not properly enforcing the GDPR". The Irish DPC accused Parliamentarians of "prejudice". In two letters (9 February 2021 and 12 March 2021)