Irish watchdog fines Meta 265M euros in latest privacy case

FILE - Meta's logo can be seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2022. Irish regulators slapped Facebook parent Meta with a 265 million euro fine Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 the company's latest punishment for breaching strict European Union data privacy rules.

FILE - Meta's logo can be seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2022. Irish regulators slapped Facebook parent Meta with a 265 million euro fine Monday, Nov. 28, 2022 the company's latest punishment for breaching strict European Union data privacy rules. LONDON — Irish regulators slapped Facebook parent Meta with a 265 million-euro fine Monday, the company’s latest punishment for breaching strict European Union data privacy rules.

The Data Protection Commission said Meta Platforms infringed sections of the EU rules, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, that require technical and organizational measures aimed at protecting user data.into news reports that data on more 533 million users was found dumped online. The data was found on a website for hackers and included names, Facebook IDs, phone numbers, locations, birthdates and email addresses for people from more than 100 countries, according to the reports.

Meta said the data had been “scraped” from Facebook using tools designed to help people find their friends through phone numbers using search and contact import features. The watchdog said it investigated the automated scraping carried out between May 2018 and September 2019.“We made changes to our systems during the time in question, including removing the ability to scrape our features in this way using phone numbers,” Meta said in a statement.

How much should Meta be fined for collecting financial info from U.S. tax filers thru the FB tracking pixel on online tax filing sites like H&R Block?

will they pay

Ireland, corporate heaven.

Doh! Ireland Now, do Twitter.

Today: yet another wonderful day to DeleteFacebook

The watchdog opened an investigation last year into news reports that data on more 533 million users was found dumped on a website for hackers and included names, Facebook IDs, phone numbers, locations, birthdates and email addresses for people from more than 100 countries.

And here is the US they're running ads telling us how cool it is they get to target advertising. You know, for Us.

That’s pretty cheap for Facebook

I've determined a long time ago, fines are just a way for a parasite government to leach off of the productive parties. Tell me how that $277 goes into the hands of the people who had a breach of their data? It doesn't...it goes into a cabal of faculties, and the donor base.

I think they’ll survive.

265million Euros = 274k dollars

I wonder what my IrishTwitter pals feel about the above?!?

Strict or do we just sell out our people for profits in the US?

good

Zuk rn

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