The Meta group, A which belongs Instagram, announced that it has appealed this European conviction for breaches of the processing of minors data.
Le Monde with AFP
The Instagram social network, a subsidiary of the Meta group, the Facebook parent company, was inflicted a record fine of 405 million euros for shortcomings in the processing of minors data, the Irish regulator, the Irish regulator, announced on Monday, which acts on behalf of the European Union.
“We adopted our final decision last Friday, and it provides for a fine of 405 million euros. Details will be published next week,” said the agency France-Presse (AFP) a representative of The Irish Commission for Data Protection (DPC).
a record fine
This decision is the most severe imposed by this authority since 2018, when the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) gave more power to regulators to protect consumers in the face of the domination of Facebook, Google, Apple and Twitter. The DPC, equivalent of the French CNIL, supervises on behalf of the Facebook EU, since the latter has its regional headquarters in Ireland.
The regulator had opened an investigation at the end of 2020, to determine if the application had set up the safeguards necessary to protect the data from users, especially if they are minors, while You must be at least 13 years old to open an account on Instagram.