The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced the issuance of a €405m fine against Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Instagram), as it concluded an inquiry began in 2020 which involved other European DPAs and the European Data Protection Board. The inquiry referred to Instagram’s processing of child users’ personal data, and particularly the social media...
The Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has fined Google and Meta tech giants for the use of tracking services to monitor online activity of users and target them with advertisement, without their consent. The combined fine amounts to USD72m. The decision can be appealed within 90 days. Find more at the PIPC website (in...
In a case against Meta brought before German courts by the Federation of German Consumer Organisations, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that consumer groups can autonomously sue companies for violations of the EU GDPR. In the case at hand, the Federation of German Consumer Organizations brought Meta’s Facebook before civil...
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a fine of €17m on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly Facebook Ireland Limited). Its inquiry related to a series of twelve data breach notifications it received in the six month period between 7 June 2018 and 4 December 2018, for violations of the requirements of GDPR Articles...
“we also continue to monitor developments regarding the viability of transatlantic data transfers and their potential impact on our European operations”. This sibylline sentence in Meta’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Results report did not go unnoticed. Analysts believe that the gradually increasing application of the EU GDPR might bring Facebook and other Meta’s...
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