Meta EUR 1.2bn DPC fine — 60s explainer (A07)

01 / 08 · Setup

SCHREMS II

July 2020, CJEU ruling

02 / 08 · Tension

SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE TRANSFERS.

3 years of inaction

03 / 08 · Reveal

MAX SCHREMS

Austrian lawyer, noyb, since 2011

04 / 08 · Mechanism

EU data → USA → NSA reach

Meta Ireland

450M EU users

Standard Contractual Clauses? insufficient

Meta USA

servers in California

FISA Section 702 scope — EU citizens

05 / 08 · Scale

450M EUROPEANS. 10 YEARS OF TRANSFERS.

2013 start Jul 2020 Schrems II May 2023 fine

3 years

after Schrems II

€2.6bn

Meta revenue/week

0.7%

fine vs annual revenue

06 / 08 · Enforcement

MAY 2023

DPC Ireland

after EDPB pressure

EDPB

European Data Protection Board

noyb

Max Schrems

Ireland forced to issue ruling

07 / 08 · Penalty

€1,200,000,000

record in GDPR history

0.7% of Meta's annual revenue. Stock rose 1.8% the following week. Meta is appealing — transfers continue.

08 / 08

€1.2 BN

Record GDPR fine. For Meta: markets relieved — smaller than feared.
Case A07 in Big Tech Files.