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The EU's top court is set to revisit data transfers by Facebook to the United States (Photo: Eduardo Woo)

EU court to probe new Facebook data challenge

The High Court in Ireland wants the European Court of Justice to decide on a case that could have huge implications on Facebook data transfers from Europe to the United States.

On Tuesday (3 October), the court issued a 152-page judgment on Facebook's EU-US data transfers following revelations of US-led mass surveillance in 2013.

Max Schrems, an Austrian privacy campaigner who had initially challenged Facebook in light of ...

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