{"id":15473,"date":"2019-06-28T15:37:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/italy-stings-facebook-with-1-1m-fine-for-cambridge-analytica-data-misuse.html"},"modified":"2019-06-28T15:37:21","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T15:37:21","slug":"italy-stings-facebook-with-1-1m-fine-for-cambridge-analytica-data-misuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/italy-stings-facebook-with-1-1m-fine-for-cambridge-analytica-data-misuse.html","title":{"rendered":"Italy stings Facebook with $1.1M fine for Cambridge Analytica data misuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy\u2019s data protection watchdog has issued Facebook <\/a> with a \u20ac1 million (~$1.1M) fine for violations of local privacy law attached to the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal.<\/p>\n

Last year it emerged that up to 87 million Facebook users<\/a> had had their data siphoned out of the social media giant\u2019s platform by an app developer working for the controversial (and now defunct<\/a>) political data company, Cambridge Analytica.<\/p>\n

The offences in question occurred prior to Europe\u2019s tough new data protection framework, GDPR, coming into force \u2014 hence the relatively small size of the fine in this case, which has been calculated under Italy\u2019s prior data protection regime. (Whereas fines under GDPR can scale as high as 4% of a company\u2019s annual global turnover.)<\/p>\n

Reached for comment a Facebook spokesperson said: \u201cWe have said before that we\u00a0wish we had done more to investigate claims about Cambridge Analytica in 2015. However,\u00a0evidence indicates\u00a0that no Italian user data was shared with Cambridge Analytica.\u00a0Dr Kogan only shared data with Cambridge Analytica in relation to US users. We made major changes to our platform back then and have also significantly restricted the information which\u00a0app developers can access.\u00a0We\u2019re focused on protecting people\u2019s privacy and have invested in people, technology and partnerships, including hiring more than 20,000 people focused on safety and security over\u00a0the last year.\u00a0We will review the Garante\u2019s decision and will continue to engage constructively with their concerns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year the UK\u2019s DPA similarly issued Facebook with a \u00a3500k penalty<\/a> for the Cambridge Analytica breach, although Facebook is appealing<\/a> \u2014 in that case it has also highlighted the regulator not having found evidence UK users\u2019 data was shared with Cambridge Analytica, though it clearly was processed by Kogan.<\/p>\n

The Italian regulator says 57 Italian Facebook users downloaded Dr Aleksandr Kogan<\/a>\u2018s Thisisyourdigitallife quiz app, which was the app vehicle used to scoop up Facebook user data en masse \u2014 with a further 214,077 Italian users\u2019 also having their personal information processed without their consent as a result of how the app could access data on each user\u2019s Facebook friends.<\/p>\n

In an earlier intervention in March, the Italian regulator challenged Facebook over the misuse of the data \u2014 and the company opted to pay a reduced amount of \u20ac52,000 in the hopes of settling the matter.<\/p>\n

However the Italian DPA has decided that the scale of the violation of personal data and consent disqualifies the case for a reduced payment \u2014 so it has now issued Facebook with a \u20ac1M fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sum takes into account, in addition to the size of the database, also the economic conditions of Facebook and the number of global and Italian users of the company,\u201d it writes in a press release on its website<\/a> [translated by Google Translate].<\/p>\n

At the time of writing its full decision on the case was not available.<\/p>\n

Late last year the Italian regulator fined Facebook \u20ac10M<\/a> for misleading users over its sign in practices.<\/p>\n

While, in 2017, it also slapped the company with a \u20ac3M penalty for a controversial decision to begin helping itself to WhatsApp users\u2019 data<\/a> \u2014 despite the latter\u2019s prior claims that user data would never be shared with Facebook.<\/p>\n

Going forward, where Facebook\u2019s use (and potential misuse) of Europeans\u2019 data is concerned, all eyes are on the Irish Data Protection Commission; aka its lead regulator in the region on account of the location of Facebook\u2019s international HQ.<\/p>\n

The Irish DPC has a full suite of open investigations<\/a> into Facebook and Facebook-owned companies \u2014 covering major issues such as security breaches and questions over the legal basis it claims to process people\u2019s data, among a number of other big tech related probes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The watchdog has suggested<\/a> decisions on some of this tech giant-related case-load could land this summer.<\/p>\n

This report was updated with comment from Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n

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