Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords …
WEB7 hours ago — Officials in Ireland have fined Meta $101 million for storing hundreds of millions of user passwords in plaintext and making them broadly available to company employees.
Meta fined $101M in Ireland after failing to encrypt user passwords
WEB10 hours ago — Ireland's Data Protection Commission on Friday fined Meta more than $100 million for privacy law violations related to failing to properly encrypt and store passwords of the tech giant's users.
Meta Fined €91 Million by Irish Regulator Over Password Breach
WEB13 hours ago — Ireland’s data protection commission has fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish branch €91 million ($102 million) following an investigation into password storing by the company, according to a ...
Facebook: Meta fined €91m after password storage investigation - BBC News
WEB1 day ago — In May 2023, Meta was fined €1.2bn (£1bn) for mishandling data when transferring it between Europe and the United States. That fine was also issued by Ireland's DPC; the largest fine imposed ...
Irish Data Protection Commission fines Meta Ireland €91 million
WEB14 hours ago — The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced its final decision following an inquiry into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL). This inquiry was launched in April 2019, after MPIL notified the DPC that it had inadvertently stored certain passwords of social media users in ‘plaintext’ on its internal systems (i.e. without cryptographic protection or encryption).
Meta fined €91m by DPC for password storage issues - RTÉ
WEB14 hours ago — Work & Technology Correspondent. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been fined €91m by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). It follows an investigation into ...
Data Protection Commission announces conclusion of inquiry into Meta …
WEBMay 22, 2023 — The Data Protection Commission (“the DPC”) has today announced the conclusion of its inquiry into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Meta Ireland”), examining the basis upon which Meta Ireland transfers personal data from the EU/EEA to the US in connection with the delivery of its Facebook service.
Data Protection Commission announces conclusion of two …
WEBThe Data Protection Commission (DPC) has today announced the conclusion of two inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (“Meta Ireland”) in connection with the delivery of its Facebook and Instagram services.
Meta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules
WEBMay 22, 2023 — Meta on Monday was fined a record 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) and ordered to stop transferring data collected from Facebook users in Europe to the United States, in a major ruling...
Meta fined record €1.2bn by Irish regulator for violating European ...
WEBMay 22, 2023 — Ireland’s data regulator has imposed a record €1.2 billion fine on Facebook owner Meta for violating European privacy rules, in a move that takes total penalties against the company above €2...
Skip to content