Meta hit with record fine by Irish regulator over U.S. data transfers

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/meta-europe-fine-data-transfers-1.6851243

Facebook parent company Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.75
billion Cdn) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over its
handling of user information and given five months to stop transferring
users' data to the United States.

The fine, imposed by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), came
after Meta continued to transfer data beyond a 2020 EU court ruling that
invalidated an EU-U.S. data transfer pact. It tops the previous record EU
privacy fine …

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