Security News > 2020 > August > EU Regulators Wrangle Over Twitter Data Privacy Penalty
European Union privacy regulators are wrangling over the penalty Ireland's data privacy watchdog was set to issue Twitter for a data breach, pushing back the case's long awaited conclusion under the bloc's tough new data privacy rules.
The Irish Data Privacy Commission was expected to issue its decision in the Twitter case, which would be its first involving a U.S. technology company since the new privacy law, known as GDPR, took effect in 2018, allowing for hefty fines.
"However, following consultation a number of objections were maintained and the has now referred the matter to the European Data Protection Board," the independent body representing the bloc's privacy regulators.
Under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, a single regulator takes the lead role in cross-border data privacy cases as part of a "One-stop shop" system.
Twitter and other U.S. tech companies like Apple, Facebook and Google have their European headquarters in Dublin, making the Irish watchdog their lead privacy regulator in the EU. But in this system, the main regulator has to share its draft decision with regulators in other EU member states and take their feedback into consideration.