Penalty against Facebook Ireland

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,-

Quelle: