Penalty from Ireland’s privacy regulator is a record for breach of EU data protection regulation
Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record €1.2bn (£1bn) and ordered to suspend the transfer of data from Facebook users in the EU to the US.
The fine imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), which regulates Meta across the EU, is a record for a breach of the bloc’s general data protection regulation.
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USA — Criminal Facebook owner Meta fined €1.2bn for mishandling user information