Data commissioner did not investigate Facebook with ‘due diligence’ – regulator

Data commissioner did not investigate Facebook with ‘due diligence’ – regulator via IrishTimesBiz

The EDPB, a body which brings together all EU/EEA regional and national data protection regulators, ordered the DPC to reverse its previous legal position on Facebook/Instagram data collection because its “contractual” basis for data collection and personalised advertising breached EU law.

Facebook and Instagram, part of Meta Ireland, have been given three months to comply with the decision and alter its data collection policies. In addition, a second legal action is likely at the European Court of Justice over whether the DPC is obliged to investigate in detail Facebook/Instagram processing of sensitive user data including political and sexual preferences.

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