The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland has levied a €251 million fine on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, the Irish subsidiary of Meta (Facebook and Instagram), following a 2018 data breach affecting 29 million Facebook accounts globally. The breach exposed user data such as names, workplaces, birth dates, religious beliefs, and group memberships.
The categories of personal data affected included users’ names, workplaces, birth dates, religious beliefs, and groups of which they were members. Photograph: KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
The categories of personal data affected included users’ names, workplaces, birth dates, religious beliefs, and groups of which they were members. “By allowing unauthorised exposure of profile information, the vulnerabilities behind this breach caused a grave risk of misuse of these types of data.” The Irish watchdog had not proposed a financial penalty against Meta in its original draft decision in the case but was “instructed” to impose a fine after a dispute resolution process at the European Data Protection Board, the body of almost 50 national and regional data regulators that must approve any cross-border penalties for data violations.
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