Facebook’s parent company Meta on Wednesday, January 4, was slapped with fines totaling more than $400M (€390M) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) as it concluded the inquiries into the data processing operations of Meta Ireland in connection with the delivery of its Facebook and Instagram services.
According to DPC, Meta Ireland has been fined €210M for breaches of GDPR relating to its Facebook service and €180M for violations concerning its Instagram service.