Instagram allegedly made some young users’ data public by default, which violates GDPR rules
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has fined Meta €405 million after an investigation into how it handled teenagers’ data. The decision and fine were finalized last Friday, DPC spokesperson Caolmhe McGuire tellsThe DPC’s deadline for making a final decision on this matter was the end of this week. The investigation leading started almost two years ago, and focused on two ways in which the company allegedly breached GDPR rules.
This is the third and largest fine the DPC has imposed on Meta, easily eclipsing the 225 million euros the company faced after the DPC found thatabout how it collected and used their data, particularly regarding how it shared that data back with Meta. WhatsApp was ordered to change its privacy policy, and said it planned to appeal. There was also a much smaller fine of 17 million euros for
around security breaches. The DPC also has dozens of other investigations underway against Big Tech companies, including several more involving Meta’s data practices.that it updated the public-by-default setting more than a year ago, and that “anyone under 18 automatically has their account set to private when they join Instagram, so only people they know can see what they post, and adults can’t message teens who don’t follow them.
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