Meta was also fined in 2021 for violating a privacy policy governed by EU law. The current fine will be multiples of the previous amount, but the amount of the fine has not been disclosed.
In addition, the Irish regulator will require Meta to stop all data transfers to the US allegedly based on unreliable contract terms. At the same time, all claims and penalties are related to Facebook only and do not affect other services of the company.
Meta Platforms Inc. The Irish Data Protection Commission will penalize the social media giant for failing to heed a supreme court warning that required data to be protected from US security services after being sent to servers on the other side of the Atlantic”, – said in a Bloomberg column.
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Source: Ferra
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