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Important context for those reacting to the headline: > The DPC, which oversees the EU operations of most Silicon Valley firms... Ireland has found itself the
by scandox 3y ago
Important context for those reacting to the headline:
> The DPC, which oversees the EU operations of most Silicon Valley firms...
Ireland has found itself the de facto privacy regulator for these companies in the EU...
- pjc50 3y agoThey're also the de jure privacy regulator, because the EU presence of these companies is headquartered in Ireland. Because of the lower taxes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%27s_EU_tax_dispute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple%27s_EU_tax_dispute
- lmkg 3y agoNote that there is a process for the regulators from other countries to object to DPC decisions, and this process has been used in the past to increase the fines issued by the DPC to Meta. Ireland doesn't want to scare away tax revenue from US tech companies, so they strategically under-fund the DPC, effectively making them a bottleneck for GDPR enforcement across the EU as a whole. This has been a point of contention with other regulators.