European Union: Issued DPC ruling in investigation into Meta over personal data transfers to US including an EUR 1.2 billion fine
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Issued DPC ruling in investigation into Meta over personal data transfers to US including an EUR 1.2 billion fine
On 12 May 2023, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued its ruling in the investigation into Meta over data personal data transfers to the United States for its Facebook service, issuing a fine of EUR 1.2 billion and requiring Meta to susp…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
supranational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2020-08-28
under deliberation
2023-04-13
under investigation
2023-05-12
in force