Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of users in the bloc, in what’s the latest financial hit the company has taken for flouting stringent privacy laws.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said the data breach impacted approximately 29 million Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of users in the bloc, in what’s the latest financial hit the company has taken for flouting stringent privacy laws.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said the data breach impacted approximately 29 million
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