Facebook Ireland put its planned dating feature on hold following a raid by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Wednesday (Feb. 12), according to reports. The DPC — which acts as the regulator for all of Europe — searched the social media giant’s offices in...
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) announced that it has launched a third privacy investigation into Apple. The tech giant’s main regulator in the European Union (EU) said it is looking into whether Apple has complied with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law...
January 04, 2023
Facebook parent company Meta is facing 390 million euros ($413.4 million) in fines. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said in a Wednesday (Jan. 4) press release that Meta Ireland’s advertising business model is not compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Accordingly, the DPC issued the social media giant two fines: a 210 […]
February 12, 2020
Facebook Ireland put its planned dating feature on hold following a raid by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Wednesday (Feb. 12), according to reports. The DPC — which acts...
July 03, 2019
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) announced that it has launched a third privacy investigation into Apple. The tech giant’s main regulator in the European Union (EU) said it is looking...
