Data Protection Authority of Ireland · 27 September 2024
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
Insufficient technical and organisational measures to ensure information security
Fine€91,000,000Fine issued
- Regulator
- Data Protection Authority of Ireland
- Decided
- 27 September 2024
- Country
- Ireland
- Sector
- Media, Telecoms and Broadcasting
- Regulator’s reference
- Not recorded
- Fino case number
- 2024/IE/005
What happened
The DPA fined Meta €91,000,000 for a personal data breach involving the storage of Meta users’ passwords in plaintext without cryptographic protection or encryption.
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(1)(f)Read →
- Art. 32Security of processing32(1)Read →
- Data principles
- Data security
Sources
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