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.

Decision data:
24.10.2018

Country:
United Kingdom

Type of Issue:
Illegal data processing

Number of involved data records:
87 000 000

Special category of data involved:
Yes

Fine:
€ 575,000,-

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