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Ireland s data watchdog has fined Twitter £410,000 for a bug that made private tweets public.
A 2019 probe found a glitch had affected Android users of Twitter s app by making their protected tweets appear publicly.
In particular the fine was levied due to Twitter s failure to notify the breach on time to the DPC and a failure to adequately document the breach, Ireland s Data Protection Commission said in a statement.
In the first sanction against the Silicon Valley giant under new EU data privacy rules, Ireland s Data Protection Commission handed down a 450,000 euro penalty (pictured: the Twitter logo)
In the first sanction against the Silicon Valley giant under new EU data privacy rules, the Irish watchdog handed down a 450,000 euro penalty on Tuesday.
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Following a nearly two-year investigation and decision-making process, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday fined Twitter €450,000 (U.S. $547,000) for breaching Europe’s strict privacy rules for failing to report a data breach within the required 72 hours and document it properly.
The Irish DPC said the fine under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an “effective, proportionate and dissuasive measure.” Others are underwhelmed, as the penalty is equivalent to the social media firm’s earnings made in 90 minutes.
The Irish DPC began its investigation in January 2019 after Twitter self-reported a data breach linked to its Android app late due to “an unanticipated consequence of staffing between Christmas Day 2018 and New Years’ Day.” The breach affected at least 89,000 people.