{"id":1935565,"date":"2023-05-22T09:44:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-hit-with-record-1-3-billion-fine-over-data-transfers\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T09:47:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:47:31","slug":"meta-hit-with-record-1-3-billion-fine-over-data-transfers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-hit-with-record-1-3-billion-fine-over-data-transfers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta fined $1.3 billion for data transfers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-hit-with-record-1-3-billion-fine-over-data-transfers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1935565&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Meta Fined Record 1.2 Billion Euros by EU Privacy Regulator<\/h2>\n<h3>Background<\/h3>\n<p>Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has been fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) for its handling of user information. The DPC has given Meta five months to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-hit-with-record-1-3-billion-fine-over-data-transfers\/\" title=\"Meta fined .3 billion for data transfers.\">stop transferring users\u2019 data<\/a> to the United States. The fine comes after Meta continued to transfer data beyond a 2020 EU court ruling that invalidated an EU-U.S. data transfer pact. The battle over where Meta stores its data began a decade ago after Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems brought a legal challenge over the risk of U.S. snooping in light of disclosures by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<h3>Meta to Appeal Ruling<\/h3>\n<p>Meta has said that it will appeal the ruling, including the \u201cunjustified and unnecessary fine that sets a dangerous precedent for countless other companies.\u201d It will also seek a stay of the suspension orders through the courts. The social media giant reiterated that it expected a new pact facilitating the safe transfer of EU citizens\u2019 personal data to the United States would be fully implemented before it has to suspend transfers. That would mean its previous warning that a stoppage could force it to suspend Facebook services in Europe would not come to pass. <\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over New Data Protection Framework<\/h3>\n<p>The DPC said in March that EU and U.S. officials hoped that the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-tech-totalitarianism-threatens-to-turn-america-into-canada-or-china-unless-we-stop-it\/\" title=\"Why Tech Totalitarianism Threatens To Turn America Into Canada Or China Unless We Stop It\">data protection framework<\/a> \u2013 agreed by Brussels and Washington in March 2022 \u2013 may be ready by July. Europe\u2019s top court, the European Court of Justice, threw out the two previous pacts over concerns about U.S. surveillance. Schrems, the Austrian privacy campaigner, said Meta\u2019s plans to rely on the new deal for transfers going forward was unlikely to be a permanent fix. \u201cIn my view, the new deal has maybe a 10% chance of not being killed by the CJEU (EU Court of Justice). Unless U.S. surveillance laws get fixed, Meta will likely have to keep EU data in the EU,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h3>Record Fine<\/h3>\n<p>The Irish watchdog, which is the lead EU regulator for many of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-has-at-least-1-million-invested-in-chinese-fund-supporting-company-blacklisted-for-human-rights-abuses\/\" title=\"John Kerry Has At Least  Million Invested In Chinese Fund Supporting Company Blacklisted For Human Rights Abuses\">top technology companies<\/a> because of the location of their European headquarters in Ireland, has said the suspension order could create a precedent for other firms. It has now fined Meta a total of 2.5 billion euros for breaches under the bloc\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation\u2019s (GDPR), introduced in 2018. The DPC said that it did not initially propose adding a fine to the suspension order, but that four other EU supervising authorities disagreed and the record fine was included after a ruling by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). The Irish regulator has fined Meta more than any other tech firm and has 10 other inquiries open into the social media group\u2019s platforms.<\/p>\n<p>($1 = 0.9084 euros)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has been fined a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) by the EU privacy regulator for mishandling user data. The company has been given five months to stop transferring user data to the US. 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