The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta's Instagram €405 million for children's privacy violations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The second largest fine handed down under the GDPR covers alleged violations stemming from Instagram's default account settings for children aged between 13-17. The settings exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of children associated with the accounts. The investigation into the allegations began in October 2020 and the preliminary decision by the DPC was subject to a dispute resolution procedure under Article 65 of the GDPR in July this year. A spokesperson for Meta said the fine relates to "old settings that we updated over a year ago", and the company is "carefully reviewing their final decision."
The news was also reported in the Financial Times (£), Politico, BBC News, TechCrunch, and Reuters.
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