Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads
A good start but still nothing for them :/
Well yeah, that by itself is pocket change for FB. If fined for the full duration that’s just short of $800k total. But the interesting part is this:
Datatilsynet can make it permanent by referring its decision to the European Data Protection Board, which has the power to do so, if it agrees with the Norwegian regulator’s decision.
That could also widen the decision’s territorial scope to the rest of Europe. Datatilsynet had yet to take this step.
If made permanent and expanded to the rest of Europe, which probably also means a significantly higher fine, then that is bound to become a thorn in their side.
Gigachad Norway
So basically, they are fined nothing (100k is less than a millionth of Meta’s net worth)
I wonder if 100k per day is more or less than the average daily profits they make in Norway (population 5.4 million people)
Ill run red lights all day if i get fined 1 cent a day too
I’m guessing they view that as the cost of doing business in Norway.
Wait, if they can’t get physical location under this regulation, how would they even opt Norwegian users out? If they’re making it impossible to comply why not just go ahead and ban Meta products.
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