Ireland: Issued EUR 265 million fine to Facebook for personal data breach (“Data Scraping” Inquiry)
Description
Issued EUR 265 million fine to Facebook for personal data breach (“Data Scraping” Inquiry)
On 25 November 2022, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced it had concluded its investigation into Meta for a personal data breach by Facebook during the period between 25 May 2018 and September 2019. The DPC found that Facebook had v…
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