> Do you believe Facebook is the only company that would ever be affected by this? It's quite clear that GDPR allows data to cross the border, if particular sa

> Do you believe Facebook is the only company that would ever be affected by this? It's quite clear that GDPR allows data to cross the border, if particular safeguards are guaranteed by the data recipient. That continues to be the advice generally given following the rejection of "Privacy Shield" e.g. by https://gdpr-info.eu/issues/third-countries/ https://gdpr-info.eu/issues/third-countries/ This particular ruling affects only Facebook (and is specifically against Facebook), because it is only Facebook that has here been identified as failing to offer those safeguards. Google similarly is a tech giant operating across this border, and doesn't currently face such a sanction.