Meta Fined By Eu

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  Meta Fined $840 Million For "Abusive" Facebook Ad Practices

  The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.

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  EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta EUR 91 Million Over Password Storage

  Meta has been fined EUR 91 million by the lead European Union's privacy regulator for storing some users' passwords without protection or encryption. The company says it took immediate action to fix the error after identifying it during a security review in 2019, and that there is no evidence the passwords were abused or accessed improperly.

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  Facebook-Owner Meta Breaking European Data Privacy Rules in Norway, Regulator Says

  Meta has been fined one million crowns (roughly Rs. 8 crore) per day since August 14 for breaching users' privacy by harvesting user data and using it to target advertising at them by Norway regulator Datatilsynet.

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  European Union Slaps Massive Fine On Facebook Owner Meta Over Data Rules

  Facebook owner Meta has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) for transferring EU user data to the United States in breach of a previous court ruling, Ireland's regulator announced Monday.

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  Meta Set to Face Record EU Privacy Fine Related to Data Transfer of Facebook Users

  Meta Platforms is set to face a record European Union privacy fine related to data transfer of Facebook's EU users to US servers for failing to comply with a warning by a top EU court, two sources familiar with the matter said. The penalty will be higher than the previous record EUR 746 million (nearly Rs. 6,660 crore) fine for Amazon.com, accordin...

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  Meta Fined $5.9 Million by Irish Regulators for WhatsApp Data Protection Breach

  Irish regulatory body has fined Meta an additional EUR 5.5 million (roughly Rs. 47.8 crore) for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. In its new decision, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted "in breach of its obligations in relation to transparency," the watchdog said in ...

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  Meta Fined Additional $5.9 Million For EU Data Protection Breach

  Social media giant Meta has been fined an additional 5.5 million euros ($5.9 million) for breaches of EU data protection regulations by its instant messaging platform WhatsApp, Ireland's regulator announced Thursday.

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  Meta to Block Ads Targeted at Teenagers Based on Gender From February

  Meta will block the targeting of teenagers based on gender from February, the company announced on Tuesday. The firm also said that a teenager's previous activity on Meta-owned apps will no longer inform the ads they see on the platform, and that the changes were made following feedback received from parents and experts, and that it complied with n...

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  Meta Fined EUR 390 Million by EU Regulator, Told to Reassess Legal Basis for Personalised Ads

  Meta on Wednesday was fined EUR 390 million by the lead privacy regulator for the European Union and directed to reassess the legal basis on how Facebook and Instagram use personal data to target advertising in the bloc. The company said it plans to appeal the substance of the rulings and the fines imposed by the EU's lead privacy regulator.

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  Microsoft Fined EUR 60 Million by French Privacy Watchdog Over Advertising Cookies on Bing Website

  Microsoft was fined EUR 60 million (roughly Rs. 530 crore) by the National Commission for Technology and Freedoms (CNIL) for forcing advertising cookies on users on its Bing website. The French regulator said Microsoft's search engine Bing did not allow users to refuse cookies as simply as accepting them.

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  Meta Warned of Potential Breach of EU Antitrust Laws Over Competition in Online Classified Advertising

  Meta was warned by the European Commission on Monday that it was likely breaching EU antitrust laws. The social media firm will face an investigation into whether it abused its dominant position and distorted competition in markets for online classified advertising. EU antitrust regulators last month were said to be drawing up charges against Meta ...

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  EU Said to Prepare to Bar Meta From Running Ads Based on Personal Data: All Details

  Meta could be barred from running ads based on users' personal data without their consent in the EU. Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems filed a complaint against Meta with Ireland's data protection agency in 2018, alleging that the firm just moved the consent clause in the terms and conditions, instead of having a yes/no option for personalised ...

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  Qualcomm Records Major Win as EU May Not Appeal Court Ruling Against $991 Million Fine

  The EU antitrust regulators may not appeal the court ruling that scrapped the EUR 997 million (roughly Rs. 8,000 crore) fine against Qualcomm for allegedly paying billions to Apple to block out rival chipmakers like Intel.

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  Google, Meta Asked to Remove Online Child Pornography Under Proposed European Commission Rules

  Google, Meta and other online service providers will be now required to find and remove online child pornography on their platform under European Commission draft rules. Companies that fail to comply with the rules can face fine up to 6 percent of their annual income or global turnover, whatever will be decided by EU countries.

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  Meta Fined EUR 17 million for Data Breach by Irish Watchdog

  Facebook parent company Meta has been fined in Ireland to the tune of EUR 17 million INR HERE for breaching EU data privacy laws.