Authority imposed a fine of 405 million euros

Data protection at Instagram has probably not been entirely satisfactory to the Irish data protection authority. Because the Meta subsidiary faces a record fine of 405 million euros.

Instagram is once again in trouble when it comes to child and youth protection. Because the Irish data protection authority has imposed a record fine of 405 million euros on the social network. That reported Reuters citing the authority.

What are the objections to data protection on Instagram?

The Irish Data Protection Authority has been investigating data protection at Instagram since 2020. The focus here was in particular on dealing with underage users between the ages of 13 and 17.

Because they could create business accounts on Instagram where the phone number and email address are publicly visible.

And it is precisely this approach to the data of children and young people that the Irish data protection authority is objecting to.

Instagram gets a record fine

“We made our final decision last Friday and it includes a fine of 405 million euros,” he said Reuters the spokesman for the Irish Data Protection Commissioner.

The Irish data protection authority plans to publish the full details of the investigation and the decision in the coming week.

The authority had already submitted a draft for the decision in this case in December and shared it with other supervisory authorities in the European Union. This is the EU’s “one-stop-shop” system, which regulates multinational companies.

What does Instagram say about the penalty?

But it is not yet clear whether Instagram will actually pay the record fine. Because the group wants to appeal against the fine, quoted Reuters a spokesman for Instagram mother Meta.

The platform updated the offending settings “over a year ago.” According to the meta spokesman, new functions have also been added to better protect children and young people and their data.

That is why Instagram does not agree with the calculation of the fine and wants to examine the decision “carefully”.

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