Data Protection Authority of Ireland · 15 March 2022
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
Fine€17,000,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Data Protection Authority of Ireland
- Decided
- 15 March 2022
- Country
- Ireland
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2022/IE/007
What happened
The Irish DPA fined Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook Ireland Limited) €17,000,000 for failing to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures in order to protect EU users' data, in violation of Articles 5(2) and 24(1) GDPR.
Summary from the GDPRhub page for this decision, written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Rules involved
- Art. 5Principles relating to processing of personal data5(2)Read →
- Art. 24Responsibility of the controller24(1)Read →
- Accountability
- Data principles
- Data security
Sources
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