Italy Fines Facebook 7 Million Euros For Selling Users Data To Third Parties

Facebook has been fined 7 million euros by Italy for repeated data violations and for selling users data to third parties for commercial purpose. While Facebook was fined for selling users data to third parties, in India the Govt itself sold national vehicle database of Indian citizens to car manufacturers and private companies like BMW, Mercedes and others for Rs 100 crores.

Facebook was asked to pay a fine of seven million euros for misleading data protection practices in Italy.

Italy’s Competition and Market Authority has fined Facebook as it could not comply with orders associated with data security of users or subscribers.

Regulators say that it has breached the consumer code of Italy by claiming free services while misleading users how their data is used for various purposes and shared with third parties. 

Facebook was ordered to change its data handling practices in 2018 and fined 10 million euros, but it failed to comply with it.

Facebook appealed to re...

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