Instagram slapped with a record Fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) by Irish data privacy regulator after an investigation into social network deal of Personal data of teenagers, spokesperson for agency said.
Instagram plans to appeal against Fine Spokesperson for parent Meta Platforms Inc. said. in Email statement.
The penalty Do you secondLargest exporter under strict EU privacy rules after Luxembourg regulators fined Amazon 746 million euros last year.
Mita said that while she was “fully involved” with Regulators throughout the investigation, “We disagree with how This fine has been calculated and it is intended to appeal.”
The investigation started in 2020, centered on how View Instagram personal details of Users between the ages of 13 and 17, including email addresses and phone numbers. Minimum age for Instagram users are 13.
Investigation started after the data scientist found Which users, including those under 18, were turning to business Accounts and contact them information Show on their personal files. It looks like users were doing this to see the stats on how Many likes their posts were getting after Instagram started removing a file feature From personal accounts in some countries to me help with Psychological health.
“We adopted final decision last Friday and it does not contain a fine of 405 million euros,” said the spokesperson for Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), and lead Organizer of dead.
full details of The decision . will be published next week, he said.
Instagram updated its settings over a year Since and since released new features To keep teens safe and information private Meta spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said Instagram does not approve with how The fine has been calculated and is being carefully reviewed decision.
DPC organizes Facebook, Apple, Google, etc. technology giants because of location of Their headquarters are in the European Union in Ireland. I have opened over Dozens of investigations into Meta companies, including Facebook and WhatsApp.
WhatsApp has been fined record 225 million euros last year for incompatibility with EU data rules in 2018.
The Irish regulator has completed a draft resolution in Instagram investigation in December and share it with Other EU regulators within the bloc”one Stop shop” system of Regulating large multinational corporations.
