Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped Facebook owner Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) with a fine of 265 million euros ($277 million) for violating user privacy.
The penalty is related to an investigation that began in April 2021 after it came to light that a collated dataset of Facebook personal data was available online, according to a DPC statement on Nov. 28. Facebook was seen as not having properly safeguarded its platform against being “scraped” for information, due to which user names, birth dates, locations, and other data leaked. The DPC ordered the platform to take corrective actions on the issue.
