Nov 28, 2022
Facebook: Meta fined €265m by Irish Data Protection Commission
Meta, the company which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been fined €265m by the Irish Data Protection Commission. The DPC found that Meta was in breach of Article 25 of General Data Protection Regulation rules. "Because this data set was so large, because there had been previous instances of scraping on the platform, where the issues could have been identified in a more timely way, we ultimately imposed a significant sanction," Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said. A spokesman for the company said: "Protecting the privacy and security of people's data is fundamental to how our business works. That's why we have cooperated fully with the Irish Data Protection Commission on this important issue."We made changes to our systems during the time in question, including removing the ability to scrape our features in this way using phone numbers. In September, Meta lodged an appeal in the High Court against a record fine of €405m imposed on Instagram by the DPC. It was the largest fine ever handed down by the Irish data watchdog and was issued for breaches relating to the processing of children's data.
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