How Ireland reluctantly fined Facebook €1.2 billion
In The News - En podcast av The Irish Times
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The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has hit Facebook owner Meta Ireland with a fine of €1.2 billion – the largest such fine to date under GDPR rules - for its unlawful transferring of user data from the EU to the US. But the DPC didn't want to levy a fine at all - its hand was forced by European counterparts. How did it come to this? To find out Bernice Harrison talks to technology reporter Ciara O'Brien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.