Meta is fined €265 million for leaking Facebook data
Meta has to pay a penalty for leaking Data in 2021. The company will have to pay penalty in 2021.
Security and privacy on the internet are now among the most important issues. In this context, issues such as data leaks are everyone's sensitive points. Meta is also on the agenda with a mistake it made in the past. Data Protection Commission (DPC) of Ireland has fined Meta's Irish subsidiary 265 million euros today. The reason is a data breach that occurred in 2021 on Facebook, exposing the phone numbers, locations, and birthdates of 533 million Facebook users who used the platform between 2018 and 2019.
Meta is fined €265 million for leaking Facebook data
Following media reports about the discovery of this dataset, which was being made available online, the DPC began its investigation into the matter on April 14, 2021. Meta was found to have violated the EU's GDPR obligation for "Data Protection by Design and Default." The inquiry focused on whether Meta was in compliance with this requirement. The DPC's choice was embraced last Friday and made public today. It demonstrates that Meta violated two GDPR regulations.
According to the DPC, in addition to the aforementioned fine, Meta has been ordered to bring its data processing "into compliance by taking a range of specified remedial actions within a particular timeframe." The DPC's decision was supported by all of the EU's other data protection supervisory authorities, who collaborated on the comprehensive inquiry process.
