DPC ordered to pick up most of the legal bill of EU-US data transfer case

Data Transfers DPC ordered to pick up most of the legal bill of EU-US data transfer case Today, the Irish High Court has ordered the DPC to cover the costs of Mr Schrems’ legal team in relation to this summer’s decision on EU-US data transfers before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The DPC is not entitled to their costs from Facebook, except the cost for three court days will have to be covered by Facebook. Judgment as delivered Background. Mr Schrems filed a complaint against Facebook in 2013 in the wake of the disclosures by Edward Snowden on Facebook’s cooperation with the US Security Agencies, like the NSA. After a first trip to the CJEU in 2015 on the “Safe Harbor” Decision, the Irish DPC filed another lawsuit against Mr Schrems and Facebook to “clarify” the interpretation of EU law. 5 years, 6 weeks, 45.000 pages. The second case ran for more than five years before three courts in Ireland and on EU level. Up to 25 solicitors and barristers attended the hearings