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Coverage dated November 27, 2022

Irish Data Protection Commission Fines Meta Again

Headline from Adweek

This one, roughly $275 million, was for the exposure of personal data from more than 530 million Facebook users.

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  1. FOX Business

    European watchdog fines Meta $276M after data ‘scraped’ from Facebook leaked online (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Meta 266 million euros -- more than $276 million -- saying the company failed to protect data for more than half a billion users.

  2. Bloomberg

    Meta Fined $277 Million for Leak of Half a Billion Users (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    Meta Platforms Inc. was slapped with a €265 million ($277 million) fine for failing to prevent the leak of the personal data of more than half a billion users of its Facebook service.

  3. Engadget

    Meta fined €265 million over Facebook data scraping in the EU (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Meta has been hit with a €265 million ($277 million) fine for failing to prevent millions of Facebook users' data from being scraped..

  4. Adweek

    Irish Data Protection Commission Fines Meta Again (opens Adweek)

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    Adweek's feed description

    This one, roughly $275 million, was for the exposure of personal data from more than 530 million Facebook users.

  5. The Guardian

    Meta fined €265m over data breach affecting more than 500m users (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp owner has been fined nearly €1bn by EU since September 2021

  6. The Washington Free Beacon

    European Union Fines Facebook $276 Million for Not Securing User Data (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    The Washington Free Beacon's feed description

    The European Union's main privacy regulator for Facebook slapped the company with a 265 million euro fine—equivalent to $276 million—for lacking safeguards against "data scrapers."

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