Meta fined €390 million for using personal data without consent
A legal saga between Meta, Ireland and the European Union has reached a conclusion – at least for now – that forces the social media giant to remove data consent requirements from its terms of service in favor of explicit consent, and subjects it to a few hundred million more euros in fines for the trouble.
The Irish Data Protection Commision (DPC) said today that it has made a final decision fining Meta’s Irish operating arm a combined €390 million ($414 million) for violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and directing it to “bring its data processing operations into compliance within a period of 3 months,” the DPC said.
€210m of the fine was imposed for violations stemming from Facebook, and €180m was imposed for Instagram violations. A third case involving Meta’s acquired OTT comms app, WhatsApp, is still pending a final outcome.
Source: Meta fined $414m for using personal data without consent • The Register
