Meta Platforms

Also known as: Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta (Facebook), Meta (WhatsApp), Instagram (Meta)

Industry

Technology

Country

Ireland

Headquarters

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Total Fines

20

Total Amount (USD)

$10.9B

Headlines

0

DateRegulationAuthorityAmount (USD)Summary
2023-05-22GDPRData Protection Authority of Ireland$1,296,000,000--
2023-05-22GDPRIreland DPC$1,296,000,000Unlawful data transfers to the US in violation of Schrems II. Largest GDPR fine ever.
2023-01-19GDPRData Protection Authority of Ireland$5,940,000--
2023-01-04GDPRIreland DPC$421,200,000Forced users to consent to targeted advertising as condition of using Facebook and Instagram.
2022-11-28GDPRIreland DPC$286,200,000Scraped personal data of 533 million Facebook users made available online. Data protection by design failure.
2022-11-25GDPRData Protection Authority of Ireland$286,200,000--
2022-09-05GDPRIreland DPC$437,400,000Published children contact details and allowed children aged 13-17 to operate business accounts.
2022-09-05GDPRData Protection Authority of Ireland$437,400,000--
2022-09-05GDPRIreland DPC$437,400,000Instagram published children contact details and allowed children aged 13-17 to operate business accounts.
2022-03-15GDPR Data Protection Authority of Ireland$18,360,000--
2022-01-12GDPRIreland DPC$5,940,000WhatsApp fined for transparency failures in processing user data.
2022-01-04GDPRData Protection Authority of Ireland$421,200,000--
2021-12-31GDPRFrench Data Protection Authority (CNIL)$64,800,000--
2021-10-06GDPRData Protection Authority of Ireland----
2021-10-04GDPRSpanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD)$5,400--
2021-09-02GDPRIreland DPC$243,000,000Lack of transparency about data sharing with Facebook.
2021-09-02GDPRData Protection Authority of Ireland$243,000,000--
2019-07-24FTC Act Section 5FTC$5,000,000,000Deceived users about ability to control privacy of personal information. Cambridge Analytica data sharing. Largest FTC fine ever.
2019-01-01GDPRData Protection Authority of Hamburg$55,080--
2019-01-01GDPRData Protection Authority of Hamburg$55,080The German branch of Facebook was fined by €51,000 because it failed to appoint a data protection officer. Facebook argued that it did in fact appoint a data protection officer in Ireland who acted as a data protection officer for all the local European Facebook branches. The Data Protection Authority of Hamburg, however, argued that Facebook did not notify the German authority about this appointment, and as such, the fine is valid. The reason the fine was relatively small was that Facebook did, after all, appoint a DPO but failed to notify German authorities. The fine was given to Facebook Germany GmbH, which is the local German branch of the company.The fine was issued sometimes in 2019 but was only made public by the Data Protection Authority of Hamburg in February 2020. The exact date of the fine was not revealed.

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