Last Updated: September 06, 2022, 11:56 IST
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The penalty, currently the highest for a Meta-owned company — after a 225 million euros fine for WhatsApp and a 17 million euros fine for Facebook — is aimed at Instagram’s violation of children’s privacy.
Meta-owned photo and video-sharing platform Instagram has been fined 405 million euros ($402 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation.
The fine, the second-highest under the GDPR after a 746 million euros penalty against Amazon, is the third for a Meta-owned company handed down by the Irish regulator, reports Politico.
тАЬThis inquiry focused on old settings that we updated over a year ago, and weтАЩve since released many new features to help keep teens safe and their information private,тАЭ a Meta spokesperson was quoted as saying.
тАЬAnyone under 18 automatically has their account set to private when they join Instagram, so only people they know can see what they post, and adults cannot message teens who do not follow them. We engaged fully with the DPC throughout their inquiry, and we are carefully reviewing their final decision,тАЭ the spokesperson added.
In an emailed statement, the Irish DPC confirmed the penalty but declined further comment.
The regulator imposed the fine after having to trigger a dispute-resolution mechanism to resolve other European data protection authoritiesтАЩ input on the penalty.
The penalty, currently the highest for a Meta-owned company тАФ after a 225 million euros fine for WhatsApp and a 17 million euros fine for Facebook тАФ is aimed at InstagramтАЩs violation of childrenтАЩs privacy, including its publication of kidsтАЩ email addresses and phone numbers.
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