Penalty against Facebook Ireland
The sentence was pronounced in the case of “Cambridge Analytica”, which had caused worldwide indignation. Since the illegal data processing occurred before May 25, 2018, not the GDPR but the Data Protection ACT (DPA) came into its own. The UK DPA imposed the maximum penalty of £ 500,000.
Entscheidungsdatum:
24.10.2018
Land:
United Kingdom
Art des Verstoßes:
Illegal data processing
Betroffene Datensätze:
87 000 000
Waren sensible Daten betroffen?:
Yes
verhängte Geldstrafe:
€ 575,000,-
Violation of GDPR Paragraph:
unknown
Quelle: