social media Financial giant Meta has been fined an additional 5.5 million euros ($5.9 million). for breaches of European Union data protection Regulations through the WhatsApp instant messaging platform, the regulator in Ireland announced Thursday.
the penalty After a fine of 390 million euros for meta owned media Instagram and Facebook platforms two weeks ago after it was found To have made a mockery of the same European Union rules.
in that new decisionIrish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group act”in busts of its obligations in with regard to transparency.” in Permit.
In addition, he was adopted Mita on incorrect legal basisfor processed of Personal Data for the stuff of Services improvement and security,” DPC addedGive group six months to bring their data operations into compliance.
Violations are similar to those described in organizer work against dead earlier in January.
But earlier decision also Charged meta pads of broke down rules over to equip of Personal Data for the purpose of Targeted ads.
In this case, the company, which he co-founded social media Pole Mark Zuckerberg, only three months to respond to compliance with Irish organizer.
meta announced Its intention to appeal January 4 decision, adding the regulatory The ruling did not prevent targeted or personalized advertising.
said his DPC more The last fine was much lower because of Imposing a fine of 225 million euros on The WhatsApp for Violations of This and other transparency commitments over same time.”
The WhatsApp fine was on Thursday also Much less because it is not related to targeted advertising.
The Irish regulator fined Metta €405m in September for failure in data handling of Palace and 265 million euros in November for Do not adequately protect user data.
This is amazing latest round of Fines after adoption of Three bound decisions By the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), EU data protection Organizer, in early December.
Privacy, based in Vienna group NOYB, which filed the three complaints against Meta, has been charged social media Giant of Reinterpret consent as a civil law contract, which prevents users from opting out of targeted ads.
In October 2021, the Irish Authority proposed a draft decision Which validated the legal basis used by group Fine suggested of up to 36 million euros for Facebook and up to 23 million euros for Instagram, over their lack of Transparency.
The French regulator CNIL and other European bodies disagreed with Penalty draft, which they considered too low.
They asked the EDPB to rule on the dispute with EU data regulator who decides in their favor.
EDPB also He asked the Irish regulator to investigate Meta use of Personal Data.
But, in In its statement, DPC paid back Saying the European Union body he does not have power To direct the authority to share in Open and speculative investigation.
The regulator said it would seek to overturn the EDPB application in an EU court of justice.
the latest DPC fines pale in comparison to the Meta-billionsdollar earningsbut the company was destroyed by a global Ads decline and user numbers stagnate.
he said meta in November that he will ax more More than 11,000 employees count profits more From half to $4.4 billion in Third quarter.
The group’s operations are carried out in Europe in Dublin, along with several global tech giants Including Apple and Google, and thus Ireland data protection The agency is lead Organizer responsible for hold them accountable
