Instagram fined 405 million euros over handling of children’s data

Ireland's data privacy regulator has agreed to demand a record fine of 405 million euros against social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling of children's data, a spokesperson for the watchdog said.

Facebook, Apple, Google and other technology giants come under Ireland's data privacy regulation  due to the location of their EU headquarters in Ireland.  It has opened over a dozen investigations into Meta companies, including Facebook and WhatsApp.

Instagram plans to appeal against the fine, a spokesperson for parent Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) said in an emailed statement.

The Irish regulator completed a draft ruling in the Instagram investigation in December and shared it with other European Union regulators under the bloc's "one stop shop" system of regulating large multinationals.

- CyberBeat