Meta Platforms has been slapped with a EUR1.2 billion fine for contravening the EU’s data privacy laws. Facebook DataPrivacy
1.2 billion fine for contravening the European Union’s data privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation .
In the probe, the DPC says the social media company illegally transferred the data of its EU-based users to the US in contravention with a previous court ruling. “The inquiry was initially commenced in August 2020, and was subsequently stayed by order of the High Court of Ireland, pending the resolution of a series of legal proceedings, until 20 May 2021. Following a comprehensive investigation, the DPC prepared a draft decision dated 6 July 2022.”
From finance and telecommunications, to critical public services like healthcare or education, the free flow of data supports many of the services that we have come to rely on, they say.
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