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By: Jonas Breyer

Status: 2023-10-31

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Record fine against Meta for data protection violations

As announced by the Irish Data Protection Authority (link: https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/press-releases/Data-Protection-Commission-announces-conclusion-of-inquiry-into-Meta-Ireland), it has fined Meta Ireland (formerly Facebook) €1.2 billion in 2023. The background was the export of personal user data out of the EU, in this case to the USA, without a sufficient legal basis. Facebook had thus violated the EU's General Data Protection Regulation […]

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