Facebook ordered to pay €1.2 billion fine and stop storing EU user data in US

Posted on AllSides May 22nd, 2023
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European and Irish regulators have ordered Facebook owner Meta to pay a fine of 1.2 billion euro for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with transfers of personal data to the United States. It's the largest GDPR fine ever. Meta was also ordered to stop storing European Union user data in the US within six months, but it may ultimately not have to take that step if the EU and US agree on a new regulatory framework for international data transfers. The infringement by Meta's subsidiary in Ireland "is...

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