Facebook Fined 17million Euros by Data Protection Commission

The Irish Data Protection Commission is imposing a fine of €17m on Facebook parent company Meta. According to Brian O’Donovan of RTE. The Data Protection Commission found that Meta Platforms failed to have in place appropriate technical and organisational measures that would enable it to readily demonstrate the security measures that it implemented in practice to protect EU users' data, in the context of the 12 personal data breaches.

            Meanwhile, Meta has given its reaction to the DPC announcement.

"This fine is about record keeping practices from 2018 that we have since updated, not a failure to protect people's information," a Meta spokesperson said.

"We take our obligations under the GDPR seriously and will carefully consider this decision as our processes continue to evolve," the spokesperson added.

It comes amid criticism from privacy campaigners and civil liberty groups that the DPC's investigations of big tech firms are taking too long to conclude. "86% of all cross-border complaints handled by the DPC as the lead supervisory authority relate to just 10 data controllers," according to the report.