Metropolitan police shared sensitive data about crime victims with Facebook
British police shared sensitive data collected from individuals reporting sexual offences and domestic abuse crimes on their websites with Facebook for targeted advertising.
1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of EDPB binding decision
Irish DPA has issued a record fine of €1.2 billion to Meta, for violations related to the transfer of users’ personal data from the EU to the US.
Meta facing record fine for mishandling EU user data
Facebook is set to face potentially record-breaking fine for their noncompliance with the GDPR.
German parties accused of breaching data protection rules
NOYB has launched a series of complaints against Germany’s major political parties for violating EU data protection rules during the 2021 election campaign.
Austrian DSB Declares Meta Tracking Tools Illegal
Austrian Data Protection Authority has declared that Facebook’s tracking pixel violates the GDPR and the latest CJEU decision on transatlantic data flows.
Court rules Facebook violated Dutch law when processing personal data
The Amsterdam district court has ruled that Facebook violated Dutch law by unlawfully processing the personal data of users based in the Netherlands for almost a decade.
Facebook inches closer to European blackout
Facebook and Instagram could be prohibited from sending European user data to the United States within the next two months
EDPB: Data commissioner did not investigate Facebook with ‘due diligence’
Europe’s senior regulator critical of data protection commission over data collection investigation.
Facebook and Instagram to restrict advertisers’ access to teenagers’ data
From February advertisers will no longer be able to see young users’ gender or type of posts they have engaged with.
Facebook data-scraping breach triggers GDPR enforcement lawsuit in Ireland
Meta and its lead data protection regulator in the European Union are facing an interesting legal challenge over a major data-scraping breach and GDPR enforcement of it.
Meta fined €390 million for using personal data without consent
Facebook, Instagram told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months.
EU court adviser: Competition bodies may consider data protection breaches in their probes
An opinion by the advocate general might open the door for antitrust watchdogs to assess compliance with data protection rules in future investigations.