22-05-2023 13:31 via telecoms.com

Meta slapped with €1.2 billion EU fine and told to stop sending data to US   

Facebook owner Meta has been issued a €1.2 billion fine for GDPR violations in relation to data on European citizens being transferred to the US from its HQ in Ireland.
The Irish Data Protection Commission decreed that Facebook breached GDPR by sharing data ‘on the basis of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) since 16 July 2020.’ This seems to essentially mean according to GDPR, European Facebook user’s data was/is unlawfully processed and stored in the US.
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