According to Politico, the Irish Data Protection Commission has decided to impose a heavy fine on the Instagram social network. The app is being fined up to €405 million for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with its underage European users.
“We passed our sanction on Friday“Reuters has been confirmed by the Irish CNIL. The details of this decision will be published next week.
Meta is contesting the decision
Under the GDPR, the Irish Data Protection Commission is the supervisory authority for tech giants with European headquarters in the country. The latter opened a survey in 2020 aimed at Instagram users aged 13 to 17 and running a professional account. According to its findings, the social network published the phone numbers and email addresses of these minors.
Meta group stated that it intends to appeal this decision. It states that it has changed its methods and that it has already implemented new features to protect the personal data of teenagers.
The Irish CNIL has already imposed a €225 million fine against WhatsApp in 2021 and another €17 million fine against Facebook in 2022. At least six other investigations related to the Meta group are under investigation.
Source: Le Figaro
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