It’s been a dark week for the Meta. After being fined 1.2 billion euros by Ireland for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Facebook owner learned this Wednesday that the European Court of Justice had dismissed her appeal to set aside the European Commission’s (EC) decision and avoid the fine. 8 million euros for disrespect for competition in the process of data protection.
According to the ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the appeal filed by the technology company because it “did not demonstrate that the request for the transfer of documents to be identified using search terms goes beyond what is necessary and that the protection of sensitive data was not adequately protected by the creation of a virtual room data”.
In May 2020, the EC asked Meta for documents proving that it complies with European data protection law and decided to impose a fine of 8 million euros if it does not provide the documents. A month later, the Facebook owner filed an appeal to have the decision overturned and petitioned for an interim measure, which resulted in a suspension of the fine until the group produced documents to substantiate its allegations.
Meanwhile, the Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta €1.2 billion this week for violating data protection rules and restricted the transfer of information between Europe and the US. The sanctions forced Mark Zuckerberg’s company to acknowledge the possibility of shutting down Facebook and Instagram in Europe.
Author: Sonia Diaz
Source: CM Jornal
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