Facebook isn't pleased with the order. So far, the company's argued the Irish defense. Back in 2011, when a privacy agency in Ireland concluded that the company's new name policy did not interfere with their laws, it validated the company's justification that the tool was designed to protect users from online abuse. Ever since, the social media giant reportedly maintained that with a headquarters in Ireland it should only be obligated to abide by Irish laws. With this new order, the commissioner of Hamburg's Data Protection Authority has taken a stand against that argument. He told Reuters: "For that matter Facebook cannot again argue that only Irish Data Protection law would be applicable ... anyone who stands on our pitch also has to play our game."