Ireland’s Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta $1.3 billion over Facebook’s illegal transfers of European users' personal data to the United Sta
Ireland’s Irish Data Protection Commission has fined Meta $1.3 billion over Facebook’s illegal transfers of European users’ personal data to the United States.
Facebook has also been ordered to stop sending any more information to the United States. This could lead to Facebook and Instagram being banned in the European Union. Meta will have to change how it runs its business unless it can do something about the controversial data sharing that has been going on.“The European Data Protection Board found that [Meta’s] infringement is very serious since it concerns transfers that are systematic, repetitive and continuous. Facebook has millions of users in Europe so the volume of personal data transferred is massive.
“We are happy to see this decision after 10 years of litigation. The fine could have been much higher, given that the maximum fine [under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR] is more than £4 billion and Meta has knowingly broken the law to make a profit for 10 years. Unless U.S surveillance laws get fixed, Meta will have to fundamentally restructure its systems.”
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