Instagram to Challenge Irish $401 Million Fine for GDPR Violations
Meta's Instagram will appeal the $401 million fine levied by the Irish Data Protection Commission for breaching the general data protection regulation, it told us. A DPC spokesperson confirmed the amount of the fine Tuesday, saying full details of the…
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decision are due next week. The inquiry began in September 2020 based on information provided by a third party and in connection with processing identified by the DPC itself, the spokesperson emailed. The inquiry involved two types of data processing done by Facebook Ireland: (1) The company allowed child users between 13 and 17 to operate "business accounts" on the Instagram platform that, at certain times, required and/or facilitated publication to the public of the children's phone number and/or email address. (2) At times Facebook ran a user registration system for Instagram in which the accounts of child users were set to "public" by default, making their social media content public unless the account was otherwise set to "private" by changing privacy settings. The inquiry "focused on old settings that we updated over a year ago" and Meta has since released new features to help keep teens safe and their information private, its spokesperson emailed. The company "has engaged fully with the DPC" but disagrees with how the fine was calculated and intends to appeal it.