There was a groundbreaking decision by the European Union General Court on Wednesday that the EU Commission will be held liable for damages incurred by a German citizen for not adhering to its own data protection legislation.
As a result of the court’s decision that the Commission transferred the citizen’s personal data to the United States without adequate safeguards, the citizen received 400 euros ($412) in compensation.
During the hearing conducted by the EU General Court, the EU General Court found that the EU had violated its own privacy rules, which are governed by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
According to the ruling, the EU has to pay a fine for the first time in history. German citizens who were registering for a conference through a European Commission webpage used the “Sign in with Facebook” option, which resulted in a German citizen being a victim of the EU’s brazen disregard for the law.
The user clicked the button, which transferred information about their browser, device, and IP address through Amazon Web Services’ content delivery network, ultimately finding its way to servers run by Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms located in the United States after they were pushed to the content delivery network.
According to the court, this transfer of data was conducted without proper safeguards, which constitutes a breach of GDPR rules.
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