![]() ![]() On 4 January, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the conclusion of two inquiries against Meta Ireland and the decision to issue a €390 million fine in connection to its Facebook and Instagram services. Read more: Meta Fined €405 Million for Mishandling Teenagers’ Data on Instagram 3. The DPCs’ investigation focused on teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, the operation of Instagram business accounts, and how such accounts automatically displayed the contact information (email addresses and/or phone numbers) of children publicly.Īccording to DPC, Meta failed to take measures to provide child users with information using clear and plain language, lacked appropriate technical and organizational measures, and failed to conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment where processing was likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of child users. On September 5, 2022, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission issued a €405 million GDPR fine to Meta Ireland concerning the lawfulness of processing children’s personal data in accordance with the legal bases of performance of a contract and legitimate interest. Read the entire article: Luxembourg DPA issues €746 Million GDPR Fine to Amazon 2. The CNPD opened an investigation into how Amazon processes personal data of its customers and found infringements regarding Amazon’s advertising targeting system that was carried out without proper consent. The fine was issued as a result of a complaint filed by 10,000 people against Amazon in May 2018 through a French privacy rights group that promotes and defends fundamental freedoms in the digital world- La Quadrature du Net. On July 16, 2021, the Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection ( CNDP) issued the biggest fine ever for the violation of the GDPR in the amount of €746 million ($888 million) to Inc. 20 biggest GDPR fines so farĪmong EU member states, the highest individual GDPR fines were issued by Luxembourg, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, and the UK. A year-on-year increase in aggregate reported GDPR fines of 50%, while ad-tech and behavioral advertising were a top enforcement priority in 2022.įines issued to Amazon ( €746 million) and numerous fines to Meta (€405 million, €390 million,…) hugely surpass what was the biggest fine for almost three years (Google €50 million). The data protection supervisory authorities across Europe have issued a total of €1.64bn in fines since 28 January 2022, and overall €2,34 bn issued in GDPR fines so far. The General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) represents a determination of the EU legislators to unify data protection policies and laws throughout the EEU and enforce it with heavy penalties. ![]()
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