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What happened

An Austrian website using Facebook tracking tools was found in breach of Article 44 GDPR for the transfer of data to the US without any legal basis. The fact that the tools were deactivated after the complaint was considered irrelevant.

Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Rules involved

• Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal data5(2)Read →
• Art. 28ProcessorRead →
• Art. 29Processing under the authority of the controller or processorRead →
• Art. 44General principle for transfersRead →

• Data principles
• International transfers
• Processor obligations