Summary:
- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been fined 91 million euros by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violating the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to a data breach that occurred in 2018.
- The data breach affected over 30 million users in the EU and involved the exposure of their names, contact information, and other personal data.
- The fine is the second-highest GDPR fine imposed on a tech giant, highlighting the EU's commitment to enforcing strict data privacy regulations and holding companies accountable for data breaches.