Italian regulators have fined Meta 805 million euros, about $887 million, for accessing users' photos without their consent. The Italian data privacy authority, Garante, announced the penalty on Saturday.
According to the regulator, the Facebook app on Android devices accessed photos, videos and associated metadata stored on Italian users' smartphones without specific consent and without informing them. The issue relates to a feature specific to the app on Android phones, which regulators said could have affected as many as 20 million people in Italy.
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The Island
Summary written by Colombo Today from reporting by The Island.
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