Meta fined record-breaking 1.2 billion euro. For sending user data to the US.

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Meta fined record-breaking 1.2 billion euro

For sending user data to the US

Meta has now received a fine of 1.2 billion euros from the EU after transferring user data to data centers in the USA, reports Bloomberg. EU courts believe that such data transfers expose EU citizens to privacy violations, which has been a concern since 2013 after revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden about American mass surveillance programs. The ruling was made by Ireland's data protection authority (DPC).

The fine exceeds the previous EU record of 746 million euros that Amazon received two years ago for similar privacy violations. However, experts still do not believe that the record fine will change how Meta handles user privacy. In addition to the fine, Meta has been instructed to stop transferring data about its users in the EU, but this only applies to Facebook and not apps like WhatsApp and Instagram. They have five months to stop the flow of data from Europe.

As a reference, Meta had a turnover of approximately 25.8 billion euros in the first quarter of this year.

bloomberg.com

Internet,

Meta, EU, Edward Snowden, Amazon, user privacy

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