Ireland: Announced investigation into Facebook for alleged user personal data breach
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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 reports alleging that a compiled dataset of Facebook user personal data had been made public.
Original sourceScope
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