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Austrian website illegally transferred data to US using Meta tracking tool, noyb says

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Published on: 21 March 2023
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MLex: Austrian privacy campaign group noyb released a decision by the Austrian data protection authority declaring that an unnamed website using Facebook tracking technology has violated EU data protection rules by transferring personal data to the US without any legal basis. noyb said that European website operators are therefore advised not to include any tools from Meta on their websites.

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