Italian privacy authority fines Meta 805 million euros over access to users' photos
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The Italian regulator said Facebook accessed users' smartphone photo galleries without 'specific consent' (Justin TALLIS) Italian regulators fined Facebook parent company Meta 805 million euros ($880 million) for accessing users' photos without their "specific" consent, the…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTNEUTRAL✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishA regulatory fine of this size weighs on Meta shares, although the economic impact is limited relative to its market capitalization.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01The Italian data protection authority fined Meta 805 million euros.
- 02Meta allegedly accessed photos, videos and metadata of Italian Android users without specific consent.
- 03Meta said it will appeal and strongly disagrees with the assessment and the level of the fine.
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