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Meta challenged the EDPB’s opinion
On 12 August 2024, the action brought by Meta Ireland against the European Data Protection Board of 27 June 2024 was published. The company asks to annual ‘Opinion 08/2024 on Valid Consent in the Context of Consent or Pay Models Implemented by Large Online Platforms adopted under Article 64(2) GDPR’ and to be compensated for…
Meta brought action against EDPB (Case T-8/24)
On 8 Jan 2024, Meta Ireland (Facebook) submitted the case against the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), regarding the latter’s Urgent Binding Decision 01/2023 at the request of the Norwegian supervisory authority (Datatilsynet) of 27 October 2023 in respect of processing personal data for behavioural advertising purposes by Meta. The platform brought the allegations of…
Facebook disfavours the news in the U.S. and Australia
Yesterday, 29 February 2024, Meta announced its deprecation of Facebook News in the U.S. and Australia in early April this year. This move is following the same deprecation in the UK, France and Germany last December. The users can still read the news on Facebook’s feed in these countries. The platform will not cease the…
Should I pay for free-ads social networks?
Yesterday, 30 October 2023, Meta published its monthly subscription for no-ads use of Facebook and Instagram for the users based in the EU, EEA and Switzerland.
Meta: will IG and Facebook European users pay to get rid of Ads?
On 1 September 2023, New York Times reported that according to the people familiar with the matter, Meta is considering to outline a subscription plan for paid no-ads versions of Facebook and Instagram. This action is a response to the recent EU court decisions and regulations, restricting Meta’s user’s data collection. The company has not…
Follow up the ban and penalty against Meta’s behavioural advertising
On Tuesday 22 August 2023, Meta asked Norway court for a temporary injunction to cease the fine against its behavioural advertising imposed by Datatilsynet (Norwegian Data Protection Authority). On 1 August 2023, the company announced that it will ask for users’ consent before proceeding the behavioural advertising. However, today 23 August, Datatilsynet still maintains its…
Datatilsynet: temporary ban on behavioural ads of Meta’s platforms
Norwegian Data Protection Authority announced its ban of 3 months on Facebook, Instagram behavioural advertising.
Meta prepares for a suspension order for transatlantic data transfer
Yesterday 26 April 2023, Meta (Facebook) published its First Quarter 2023 Results Report. In which, it prepares for the potential lateness of the proposed new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. That may let a suspension order from the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) happen. Also, Meta predicted an eventual fine which is one of the expected…
Meta may stop the news access in Canada
Meta will disable the news access for Canadians on Facebook or Instagram if Canada’s federal government makes the Online News Act into law.
The metaverse these days
We are yet sceptical about destiny of the metaverse and Meta is facing many antitrust cases regarding its most-invested commercial activity.
Personal Data Protection update in Europe
We report on (1) the EU Court of Justice’s judgement on sensitive personal data processing by the police, (2) Meta data transfers case.