Paidfine · GDPR
Meta fined €17M over 2018 data breaches
€17M
≈ $18.4M at the time
Irish Data Protection Commission
Ireland / EU · 2022
Status: Paid
What happened
The DPC fined Meta over a series of twelve data breaches in 2018, finding it had failed to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place.
How it affected users
User data was exposed across multiple breaches without adequate safeguards.
Status timeline
Mar 15, 2022
Decision adopted over twelve breach notifications made in 2018.
Sep 21, 2026
The DPC's fines register lists the fine as collected.
Sources
- Irish DPC: inquiry concerning 12 Facebook personal data breaches (€17M)regulator
- Irish DPC fines register: status of each DPC fineregulator
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Cite this entry
Deepak Gupta, "Meta fined €17M over 2018 data breaches," Tech Fines Directory, guptadeepak.com, 2022-03-15. https://guptadeepak.com/tech-fines/violation/meta-ireland-breach-2022/