In April 2021, a leak of personal data of more than 533 million users Facebook* was discovered on the Internet, after which the Commission for Protection of the EU data (DPC) began the investigation.
November 28 of this year dpc accused meta* platforms Ireland ltd. (Mpil) in violation of the GDPR rules – the company did not provide “default data protection.” As a result of leakage, the attacker was able to explicit a large amount of personal data of users.
The commission fined Meta* by $ 275 million. And also demanded to take measures to increase cybersecurity. According to the representative of Meta*, the company will study the decision adopted by the commission and think about whether it will appeal.
*META and the company’s products (Instagram and Facebook) are recognized as extremist organizations; Their activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation.