Facebook owner Meta is asking the High Court to quash a decision of Ireland’s data protection watchdog to fine it €265m for an alleged breach of EU privacy rules regarding the personal information of about more than 500 million Facebook users.
The Irish-based Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed the fine last November 25th on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited - owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp - after inquiring into media reports that a “collated” set of Facebook personal data was uploaded onto an online forum.