Ireland: Announced investigation into Facebook for alleged user personal data breach
Description
Announced investigation into Facebook for alleged user personal data breach
On 14 April 2021, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the beginning of an own-initiative investigation into Facebook under section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018. The announcement occurred in response to several foreign media r…
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