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Announced Investigation into Meta Ireland's Facebook for GDPR compliance and data processing operations

On 20 August 2018, the Data Protection Commission Ireland (DPC) initiated an investigation into Meta Ireland's Facebook service to determine its compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The investigation concerned Meta Ireland'…

Scope

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

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2018-08-20
under deliberation

On 20 August 2018, the Data Protection Commission Ireland (DPC) initiated an investigation into Met…

2022-12-05
under investigation

On 5 December 2022, the European Data Protection Board issued a decision (Binding Decision 3/2022) …

2022-12-31
in force

On 31 December 2022, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) adopted its ruling in the investiga…