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March 16, 2022 06:52 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22979540/meta-facebook-gdpr-privacy-data-ireland-data-protection-commission
Ireland fines Meta for bad record-keeping
In 2018, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) was alarmed when Facebook notified the commission, between June and December, of 12 separate data breaches that affected up to 30 million users, TechCrunch reports. The DPC began to investigate and now Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has been fined 17 million euros ($18.6 million USD).
The DPC concluded from its investigation into the breaches that Meta violated Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to its press release, the DPC identified 12 data breach notifications that occurred between June and December 2018. “As a result of its inquiry, the DPC found that Meta Platforms failed to have in place appropriate technical and organisational measures which would...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22979540/meta-facebook-gdpr-privacy-data-ireland-data-protection-commission
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