Data
Data Protection Commission and Meta emerge bruised from EU privacy punch-up
The Irish regulator fined Instagram and Facebook a combined €390 million for breaches of the GDPR in its use of personal data for advertising – but only after it was effectively forced to by other European data agencies
It’s hard to know who emerged more bruised from last week’s major ruling that Meta had breached EU law in its data collection methods – the company hit with the €390 million fine, or the Irish agency which issued it.
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Wednesday confirmed that Meta’s Facebook platform would be fined €210 million for breaching EU data protection laws, while Instagram would be penalised to the tune of €180 million for ...