Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta fined €390m by Data Protection Commissioner

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Ireland's data protection watchdog has fined Facebook and Instagram holding company Meta €390 million.

IRELAND’S DATA PROTECTION watchdog has fined Facebook and Instagram holding company Meta €390 million.

A statement from the DPC said that inquiries concerned two complaints about the Facebook and Instagram services, each one raising the same basic issues. One complaint was made by an Austrian data subject ; the other was made by a Belgian data subject .The DPC explained that in advance of 25 May 2018, Meta Ireland had changed the Terms of Service for its Facebook and Instagram services.

The complainants to the DPC alleged that, “contrary to Meta Ireland’s stated position, Meta Ireland was in fact still looking to rely on consent to provide a lawful basis for its processing of users’ data.” “In terms of sanctions, and in light of this additional infringement of the GDPR, the DPC has increased the amount of the administrative fines imposed on Meta Ireland to €210 million and €180 million in the case of Instagram.

 

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