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The fine imposed by the DPC dwarfs the previous record fine of 746 million euros for Amazon issued by Luxembourg in 2022.
Among the ten companies with the highest fines based on the GDPR, Meta is now represented six times – a negative record.
EU privacy regulators say Facebook and Instagram must not force users to agree to tracking by putting this requirement into their terms.
Now it has been declared illegal by EU privacy watchdogs. The latest EU decision is another sign of a growing interest of EU authorities to limit surveillance-based tracking.