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Meta: Facebook owner fined €1.2bn for mishandling data Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has been fined a record-breaking €1.2 billion by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for mishandling data transfers between Europe and the United States. The penalty, imposed under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), highlights concerns over the use of standard contractual clauses (SCCs) and potential exposure to weaker US privacy laws. Meta plans to appeal the ruling, calling it unjustified. […]