Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Meta Platforms 251 million euros (USD 264 million or approximately Rs 224.2 million) after two inquiries about personal data breaches, which is said to have affected 29 million users worldwide.
The violation was reported in September 2018 by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, according to a statement from the Supervisory Body Tuesday. It affects the data, including full name, email address, phone number, timeline and posts of groups where users are members. The statement added that about 3 million affected users are based on the EU and the European Economic Area.
The statement added that the violations stem from unauthorized exploitation of third parties on Facebook. It added that it was corrected by MPIL and its U.S. parent company shortly after its discovery.
The DPC found that the technology giant violated the GDPR rules by failing to document the facts and steps taken by corrective measures related to the violation. It also states that its obligations fail to ensure that only personal data required for a particular purpose are processed, the statement said.
“We took immediate steps to address the issue and once the issue was identified, we had a positive understanding of those affected, as well as the Irish Data Protection Commission. We have taken a wide range of industry-leading measures to protect people on our platform . ” A spokesperson for the company said in an emailed statement.
Ireland regulators have been blaming the platform for a fine of 91 million euros ($95.6 million or about Rs 81.2 crore) this year and have investigated the company in September to investigate the company’s password storage.
It added only a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion or about Rs 110.4 billion) of European Union privacy fines, which the technology giant was awarded by the same committee last year when it was accused of delivering user data to the United States. The fines are part of the broader large-scale technology crackdown in the EU, thanks to becoming a leading privacy regulator for some of the country’s largest tech companies that have EU bases.
It said the DPC will release the complete decision and further relevant information in due course. Mehta said this would appeal the decision.
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