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The High Court has granted leave for a judicial review of a decision by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner not to investigate a complaint involving Facebook International and the US data collection programme Prism. Austrian data privacy campaigner Max Schrems is challenging the refusal of the commissioner to investigate the Dublin-based Facebook subsidiary after allegations by US whistleblower Edward Snowden that it shared European user data with US authorities. He asked the commissioner to investigate the allegations and whether companies under its jurisdiction were in breach of EU data protection regulations. His complaint was dismissed as “frivolous and vexatious”
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 06:51:15 +0000

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