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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — European officials widened a ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe on Wednesday, setting up a broader conflict between the continent’s privacy-conscious institutions and an American technology giant. The decision by the European Data Protection Board represents a sharp escalation of a tussle that began in Norway, where privacy officials imposed a daily fine of 1 million kroner — roughly $90,000 — on Meta for obtaining that data without adequate consent. The latest decision “unjustifiably ignores that careful and robust regulatory process,” the company said in a statement following the European board's action. Tobias Judin, head of the international section at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority, said Meta's proposed steps likely won't meet European legal standards. “They continue with their unlawful activities to this very day, simply because breaking the law is so profitable.”

Persons: Meta, “, Tobias Judin, Meta's, wouldn't, ” Judin Organizations: FRANCISCO, —, Facebook, European Data Protection, Meta, Norwegian Data Protection Authority Locations: Europe, American, Norway

☆ Facebook owner Meta Platforms seeks to stop privacy breach fine in Norway
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman//File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCompanies Meta Platforms Inc FollowOSLO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) will ask a court in Norway on Tuesday to stop a fine the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications. Since Aug. 14, Meta Platforms has been fined 1 million crowns ($94,313) per day for harvesting users' data and using it to target advertising at them, called behavioural advertising, a business model common to Big Tech. Meta Platforms is asking for a temporary injunction against the order, which imposes a daily fine through to Nov. 3. Datatilsynet could make the fine permanent by referring its decision to the European Data Protection Board, which has the power to do so, if it agrees with the Norwegian regulator's decision.

Persons: Yves Herman, Meta, Tobias Judin, Datatilsynet, Gwladys Fouche, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, Facebook, Big Tech, European Union, European Economic, EEA, Reuters . Regulator, Meta, Reuters, European Data Protection, Thomson Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Norway, Norwegian, Europe, Oslo

REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File PhotoOSLO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O) is asking a court in Norway to stop a fine the Nordic country's data regulator imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, according to a court filing. Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million crowns ($97,700) per day from Aug. 14 over privacy breaches, Norway's data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, in a decision that could have wider European implications. Meta Platforms is asking for a temporary injunction against the order, according to a court filing. Meta Platforms did not reply to a request for comment. The Norwegian data regulator, Datatilsynet, said Meta Platforms was seeking to stop the imposition of the fine.

Persons: Gonzalo Fuentes, Tobias Judin, Datatilsynet, Gwladys Fouche, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Facebook, Reuters, Big Tech, European Data Protection, Thomson Locations: Porte, Paris, France, OSLO, Norway, Norwegian, Europe, Oslo

The logo of Meta Platforms' business group is seen in Brussels, Belgium December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo/File PhotoOSLO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms (META.O) will be fined 1 million Norwegian crowns ($98,500) per day over privacy breaches from Aug. 14, Norway's data protection authority told Reuters on Monday. The regulator, Datatilsynet, had said on July 17 that the company would be fined if it did not address privacy breaches the regulator had identified. Meta Platforms did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Norway is not a member of the European Union but is part of the European single market.

Persons: Yves Herman, Datatilsynet, Tobias Judin, Meta, Meta's, Gwladys Fouche, Terje Solsvik, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Meta, Reuters, Big Tech, European Data Protection, European Union, Facebook, Ireland's Data, European, Thomson Locations: Brussels, Belgium, OSLO, Norway, Norwegian, Europe, Oslo

☆ Norway regulator to fine Meta over privacy breaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Regulator Datatilsynet said it would charge the fine every day from Aug. 4 until Nov. 3 unless Meta takes action. Datatilsynet has referred its move to the European Data Protection Board, which, if the latter agrees, could make the fine permanent and widen the decision's territorial scope in Europe. Datatilsynet's decision comes days after the European Union's top court ruled Meta cannot harvest user data for behavioural advertising. In December the data regulator in Ireland (DPC), where Meta has its European headquarters, said the firm had to stop the practice. "We continue to constructively engage with the Irish DPC, our lead regulator in the EU, regarding our compliance with its decision," Meta said.

Persons: Datatilsynet, Meta, Tobias Judin, Gwladys Fouche, Anna Ringstrom, Jason Neely Organizations: Meta, Big Tech, Reuters, European Data Protection, European, NRK, Thomson Locations: OSLO, Norway, Datatilsynet, Europe, Ireland, Norwegian

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