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,-
Violation of GDPR Paragraph:
unknown
Reference: