Meta to be fined record $1.8 billion for transferring personal data from Facebook
Meta has violated the 'EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)' by transferring the data of EU Facebook users to a server in the United States. Approximately 180 billion yen) was imposed by the EU authorities. Meta is dissatisfied with this and plans to appeal.
1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of EDPB binding decision | European Data Protection Board
Our Response to the Decision on Facebook's EU-US Data Transfers | Meta
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/05/our-response-to-the-decision-on-facebooks-eu-us-data-transfers/
noyb win: € 1.2 billion fine against Meta over EU-US data transfers
https://noyb.eu/en/edpb-decision-facebooks-eu-us-data-transfers-stop-transfers-fine-and-repatriation
Meta hit with record-breaking $1.3 billion fine over Facebook data transfers to the US - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/22/23732461/meta-eu-privacy-fine-us-data-transfers-1-3-billion
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced on May 22, 2023 that it had fined Meta €1.2 billion. This is well above the 746 million euro (about 111 billion yen) fine imposed on Amazon in 2021, and is the highest fine ever decided by the EDPB.
The problem with this ruling is that Facebook transferred EU user data to the United States. Traditionally, such data transfers were protected by the '
But in the wake of an incident in 2013, when former CIA agent Edward Snowden exposed that US law enforcement agencies were monitoring the data of domestic companies, the data protections for EU citizens were inadequate. The Privacy Shield was revoked in 2020 as suspicions grew.
Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, who has fought in court over Facebook's privacy violations for years, said in a statement following the decision: I'm glad, given that the maximum fine is over €4 billion, and that Meta has been willfully breaking the law for profit for 10 years, even if the fine is higher. I don't think it was funny,' he commented.
Meta, which has lost the legal basis for transferring personal data from the EU to the United States, has been ordered to stop data transfer as well as a fine in this decision. However, IT news site The Verge points out that there are three main advantages to Meta in the decisions of the EU authorities.
First, the decision applies only to Facebook and not to Meta's other services such as Instagram and WhatsApp. Second, Meta has five months to stop transferring data, and six months to stop holding data in the US. Finally, and most importantly, talks are underway between the US and the EU on a new data transfer agreement, which is expected to be signed as early as summer 2023, or as early as October at the latest.
Also, although the amount of the fine is also the highest ever, it is pointed out that it is not that big for Meta as Mr. Schrems mentioned. Johnny Ryan of the Irish Civil Liberties Association, a non-profit organization, told the British news media The Guardian, ``What does a fine of about 1 billion euros mean for a company that earns billions of euros from illegal activities? No,” he
The ruling also saw discord among the EU authorities. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), which governs Meta's Irish subsidiary, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, decided in July 2022 that it was necessary to suspend Facebook's data transfer, but with regard to penalties for Meta. I was passive. However, following a backlash from other EU regulators, the decision was referred to the EDPB, which has now decided to suspend data transfers and impose a record fine.
The difference in attitudes towards American companies is said to be behind the fact that many major IT companies such as Meta, Google, and Apple have their EU headquarters and branch offices in Ireland. 2021 also sees DPC fines for WhatsApp quadruple due to pressure from other EU authorities.
A fine of 29 billion yen for Facebook's WhatsApp, the EU's pressure jumps the fine more than four times
Meta's president of international affairs, Nick Gregg, and chief legal officer, Jennifer Newsted, said in a statement that Meta is among thousands of companies using similar frameworks to transfer data. ``The decision is flawed and unjust and sets a dangerous precedent for countless companies transferring data between the EU and the US,'' he said, emphasizing that it was just one of them. We have announced that we will appeal both the fine and the data transfer suspension ruling.
He is also confident in the realization of a new framework for data transfer between the EU and the United States, saying, ``There is already a political agreement to resolve the underlying legal conflict.''
On the other hand, Schrems said, ``Meta will rely on the new agreement going forward, but it cannot rely on it forever. In my opinion, there is only about a 10% chance that the new agreement will not be overturned by the EU courts. Unless the US surveillance law is corrected, Meta will be forced to keep EU data within the EU, ”he said, saying that the new agreement will follow the same fate as the Safe Harbor Agreement and the Privacy Shield. showed the point of view of
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