Facebook fined again in Italy for misleading users over what it does with their data

Facebook fined again in Italy for misleading users over what it does with their data

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https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/17/facebook-fined-again-in-italy-for-misleading-users-over-what-it-does-with-their-data/

Facebook has been fined again by Italy’s competition authority — this time the penalty is €7 million (~$8.4M) — for failing to comply with an earlier order related to how it informs users about the commercial uses it makes of their data.

The AGCM began investigating certain commercial practices by Facebook back in 2018, including the information it provided to users at sign up and the lack of an opt out for advertising. Later the same year it went on to fine Facebook €10M for two violations of the country’s Consumer Code.