Norway imposes a daily fine on Meta for breaching privacy
Norway’s data protection regulator Datailsent said on Monday it will fine Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, 1 million crowns ($100,000) per day for privacy breaches unless it takes remedial action, in a move that could have its wider European implications.
The Norwegian regulator said it would impose the fine every day from Aug. 4 until Nov. 3, unless Meta takes action.
In Norway, she added, Meta cannot collect data such as users’ locations and use it to target ads to them, a business model common to big tech companies.
“This is clearly so illegal that we have to intervene now and immediately. We can’t wait any longer,” Datailsent’s head of international division, Tobias Godin, told Reuters.
Meta said it would review Datacent’s decision and that there would be no immediate impact on its services.
Datacent has referred its move to the European Data Protection Board, and if the board approves, the fine could become permanent and expand the scope of the decision in Europe.
Norway is not a member of the European Union, but it is part of the European single market.
(Reuters)
2023-07-17 11:24:43
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