AItalian rhetoric has fined social networking giant Meta at 805m euros, as the company has had access to photos of Android users without getting their consent.
According to the Italian Authority for Personal Data Protection, some 20 million users have not been properly informed that Facebook had access to their photos and videos through a particular app function, broadcast I did. tv
Authorities have given Meta a 60-day deadline to disable this post as pre-election and to seek the consent of users in particular.
It’s one of the biggest fines an Italian institution has ever pronounced against a giant of technology.
The function in question enabled users to see suggestions for postings, using photos and videos stored in their telephone gallery.
Facebook wanted access to the photo gallery through a single authorization to the entire app. According to Italian authorities, however, the preliminary announcement did not make it clear that this authorization enabled the platform to create suggestions based on personal photos of users.
In reasoning about the fine, the Italian regulator cited the large number of affected persons, the fact that the practice continues for users who have not updated the app, as well as Meta’s lack of co-operation.
Meanwhile, BBC has made it known that Meta’s company has been addressed for a comment on the decision.
This is not the only legal blow for the company standing behind Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp. Last month, Meta faced another record fine in the United States after a court in New Mexico ordered him to pay $25 billion after finding out that the company had been cheating the public for years over the way Facebook users’ data handles.