Facebook's parent company Meta is facing a record fine for sending European users' data to US servers. Breaking all previous records, this time the amount of fine is about 1.3 billion or 1.3 billion US dollars.
On Monday, the Irish-based 'Data Protection Commission' (DPC) gave its verdict, reported Indian media NDTV.
According to the report, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has ordered the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) to collect 1.2 billion euros or 1.3 US dollars in fines from Meta.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has been investigating the transfer of European users' data to US servers since 2020.
Earlier, a previous ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union said that the Dublin-based Metro headquarters had failed to guarantee Europeans their fundamental rights to data and data freedom at risk.
Meanwhile, Meta said of the complaint, it is very frustrating to find out individually. Even the ruling is flawed, unreasonable and sets a dangerous precedent for other companies.
Meta said that it will appeal against this unreasonable and unnecessary verdict. However, due to this reason, Meta said that there will be no impact on Facebook in Europe.
Europe is taking initiatives to stop the free flow of information between the two sides of the Atlantic. Because US privacy laws are quite weak. As a result, the information of Europeans can also be threatened.
Earlier, Amazon was fined $805 million for violating the privacy of Europeans. DPC fined Facebook $390 million last January. Earlier DPC had fined WhatsApp as well.
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