The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has now officially announced its €405 million fine against Instagram for children's privacy violations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The decision, which marks the second-largest GDPR fine ever handed down, comprises ten penalties. Two public-by-default and contact information processing violations under Article 12(1) made up most of the total fine at €170 million. Along with the financial penalty, the DPC ordered Instagram to "bring its processing into compliance by taking a range of specified remedial actions." In a related post, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) remarked that the DPC's binding decision is the first concerning the lawfulness of processing under Article 6 of the GDPR.
In related news, the Independent reports Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has defended the DPC's record on GDPR enforcement, claiming its "old news". The article also confirms Meta plans to appeal against the decision.
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