Wednesday, October 23

Meta hit with document £1bn positive for breach of EU information rules

The proprietor of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook has been slapped with a document positive of €1.2bn (£1.04bn) by the Irish information safety regulator.

It’s the most important positive ever levied for breach of the overall information safety rules (GDPR).

Meta has incurred the positive for transferring EU residents information to the United States for processing and has been ordered to halt the observe.

The Data Protection Commission in Ireland has jurisdiction over Meta, successfully working because the EU privateness regulator, as Meta’s European headquarters are in Dublin.

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