$275M Fine for Meta After Facebook Data Scrape
Following the discovery of a data set of Facebook user personal data available on the Internet, the European Union’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has found Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. in violation of General Data Protection Regulation rules, fining the platform €265 million ($275 million), and requiring the company to make cybersecurity changes.
The breached personal data was first discovered in April 2021, and followed by the launch of a DPC investigation. DPC reported that Facebook was out of compliance with the GDPR regulation to provide “data protection by design and default” that resulted in breach.
Source: $275M Fine for Meta After Facebook Data Scrape
