Italy fines Meta $880 million over accessing users' photos
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Summary
Italy's data protection authority fined Meta $880 million for accessing Italian users' photos, videos and related data through Facebook's Android app without specific consent or adequate information. Meta may appeal the fine.Key Facts
- The fine concerns Meta's access to Italian users' photographs, videos and related metadata through Facebook's Android application.
- Italy's data protection authority said Meta lacked specific user consent and did not properly inform users.
- The fine is $880 million.
- The fine ranks among the largest penalties an Italian authority has imposed on a technology company.
- Amazon's competition-law fine, initially more than 1.1 billion euros in 2021, was reduced on appeal to 752 million euros.
- Meta may appeal the Italian fine.
- A New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $25 billion to the state in September after a jury found the company had misled consumers about its data privacy policies.
- Meta said it disagreed with the jury's verdict in the New Mexico case.
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