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The European Union has some tough privacy laws for online users. The European Union has imposed multiple fines on Apple, Google and Meta for violating their privacy laws. While many of these penalties may seem excessive, for most tech companies they're just a drop in the bucket. The latest fine came from Ireland, where Meta was fined $277 million for breaching EU data protection laws.
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The Data Protection Commission has ruled that meta-managed platforms like Facebook have breached the EU General Data Protection Regulation. This standard requires companies to include technical and organizational components to protect user data.
The fine follows an investigation launched last year after regulators read reports that the data of 533 million Facebook users had been leaked online. The leaked data contained names, Facebook IDs, phone numbers, addresses, dates of birth and email addresses of affected users from more than 100 countries. The leak prompted Techaeris to delete our Facebook account.
Meta said the leaked information was obtained from Facebook using a people search tool. The study examined conflicts between May 2018 and September 2019.
The company said it was "fully cooperating" with the Irish Inspector General.
"We have made reasonable timely changes to our practices, including removing our capability in this way using our phone number," Meta said in a statement. "Unauthorized data breaches are unacceptable and against our laws."
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The fine imposed on Meta also includes some corrective actions that the EU is requiring the company to take. It remains to be seen how the company will react as EU regulations get stricter every year.
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Last updated on November 28, 2022.
First appeared on Techaeris after Irish regulators fined Meta $277 million for breaching EU data protection rules.