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Norway: Issued Datatilsynet ruling in investigation into Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook including penalties over non-compliance

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Issued Datatilsynet ruling in investigation into Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook including penalties over non-compliance

On 7 August 2023, Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) issued a ruling imposing a daily NOK one million fine on Meta starting 14 August 2023 due to non-compliance with a previous order. In particular, on 14 July 2023, Datatilsynet impos…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2023-07-14
in force

On 14 July 2023, Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) imposed a temporary ban on behav…

2023-08-07
in force

On 7 August 2023, Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) issued a ruling imposing a dail…

2023-09-06
in force

On 6 September 2023, the Oslo District Court issued its ruling on the case brought by Meta, appeali…

2023-10-25
under appeal

On 25 October 2023, Meta appealed Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) daily NOK 1 mil…

2024-06-20
in force

On 20 June 2024, the Privacy Board concluded that the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) lac…