Facebook fined 17 million euros by the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating GDPR law

FACEBOOK is being fined 17 million euros by the Irish board of directors for violating GDPR privacy laws.

The Irish Data Protection Commission held an investigation into 12 notices it received between 7 June 2018 and 4 December 2018.

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They see that FacebookThe parent company of Meta Platforms did not take adequate measures to protect the data of users across the EU.

They said their investigation found that they had breached Articles 5 (2) and 24 (1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and imposed hefty fines on them.

The Commission said that Meta “has failed to put in place the appropriate technical and organizational measures to easily demonstrate the security measures it has implemented in practice to protect EU users’ data.” .

Meta is one of many technology companies with European headquarters located in Dublin, with a large office in the Grand Canal.

GDPR-related fines can face penalties of up to 4% of a business’s annual revenue.

A spokesperson for the social media giant said this was not an invasion of users’ personal information.

“This penalty is about our recordkeeping practices from 2018 that we have updated since then, not a failure to protect people’s information,” they said.

“We take our obligations under the GDPR seriously and will carefully consider this decision as our processes continue to evolve.”

Facebook and Meta have appeared in Irish headlines several times in recent months.

Last year, IDPC said it planned to fine Facebook between 28 million and 36 million euros for the way it collects information about users without their explicit consent.

And more recently, the TV station Miriam O’Callaghan reached an agreement to the company who apologized to her in court.

She took them to the Supreme Court for countless fake and defamatory ads on the site, which announced she was leaving RTE and asked her fans to click on links to purchase care products. the skin is falsely advertised as hers.

As part of the deal, Meta said it would set up a tool for people to report deceptive ads.

During the proceedings, Facebook attorney Joe Jeffers Bl read a statement agreeing to the court, where it was acknowledged that proceedings over the publication of misleading advertisements published on Facebook by “malicious third parties” have been resolved.

“These advertisements contain fabricated claims, which have been extremely damaging to Ms O’Callaghan.

“Meta Platforms Ireland accepts and regrets that the publication of these advertisements has caused Ms O’Callaghan anxiety and confusion, and regrets any greater concern and distress caused by advertising. caused by the report.”

“The Meta Ireland Foundation is deeply sorry to Ms. O’Callaghan.”
The statement added that the broadcaster was pleased that the publication of fake advertisements, using her name and image, had ceased.

The Supreme Court was previously told that the advertisements at the center of the case contained various misleading and defamatory headlines that falsely suggested that Ms O’Callaghan had left her job with RTE’s Prime. Time.

Ms O’Callaghan said she had “nothing to do” with the advertisements related to skin care products.

She claimed that she suffered most when she was linked against her will to what has been described as “a fraudulent product”, the court heard.