‘Dangerous precedent’ Most large companies have complex webs of data transfers – which can include email addresses, phone numbers and financial information – to overseas recipients, many of which depend on SCCs. And Meta says their broad use makes the fine unfair. Facebook president Nick Clegg said: “We are therefore disappointed to have been singled out when using the same legal mechanism as thousands of other companies looking to provide services in Europe. “This decision is flawed, unjustified and sets a dangerous precedent for the countless other companies transferring data between the EU and US.”
Meta fined 1.3 billion for mishandling users' data
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