[NCUC-DISCUSS] The Spanish DPA fines Facebook for violating data protection regulations

[hfaiedh ines]

(Madrid, September 11th, 2017). The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)
has issued a closing decision
<http://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/resoluciones/procedimientos_sancionadores/ps_2017/common/pdfs/PS-00082-2017_Resolucion-de-fecha-21-08-2017_Art-ii-culo-4-5-6-7-LOPD.pdf>
in
the procedure initiated to the company Facebook in order to analyze whether
the data processing carried out by the social network is in accordance with
the data protection regulations. The Agency declares the existence of two
serious infringements and one very serious of the Organic Law on Data
Protection (LOPD) and imposes on Facebook a penalty of 1,200,000 euros
-300,000 for each of the first and 600,000 for the second
http://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/revista_prensa/revista_prensa/2017/notas_prensa/news/2017_09_11-iden-idphp.php?t=1&cn=ZmxleGlibGVfcmVjcw%3D%3D&refsrc=email&iid=ea845cac576c43c5a38e49d52dbe572f&uid=21692298&nid=244+272699400
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