TikTok liability upheld while data transfer ban faces regulatory review

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) is actively review its decision to block TikTok's EU-China data flows.

The reassessment comes after a critical High Court ruling overturned the immediate data suspension order on procedural grounds.

The Irish data watchdog will decide "in the coming period" whether to pursue fresh sanctions against TikTok after a court told it to reconsider an order that the short-video platform suspend data transfers from the European Union to ‌China.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), TikTok's lead EU privacy regulator, fined the Chinese tech giant €530 million a year ago and ordered it to suspend data transfers to China if its processing is not brought into compliance within six months.

DPC is currently reviewing its corrective order against TikTok following a June 3, 2026, High Court judgment. While the court upheld the DPC’s underlying findings—including the €530 million fine for GDPR violations—it directed the regulator to reconsider the specific order to suspend data transfers to China.

As reported by Reuters, the Irish High Court paused the suspension order shortly afterwards pending an appeal by TikTok and while the court this month upheld the DPC's finding that TikTok breached EU privacy rules, it told the regulator to reconsider the corrective measures imposed alongside the fine.

Ireland's DPC chairperson Des Hogan, said the court had asked it to reassess the suspension order because, in its view, the regulator had not clearly set out how it considered some of TikTok's submissions.

This allows TikTok to continue its current data processing practices while the regulator works through the court’s feedback.