Millions of users had their data exposed in a Facebook data leak earlier this year.
What you need to know
Facebook is facing an investigation in Ireland over a recently publicized data leak.
The Irish DPC believes that Facebook has broken one or more provisions of the General Data Protection Regulations.
Facebook has confirmed it has spoken to investigators regarding the issues raised.
Facebook recently suffered a large data leak where a cache of data, initially breached five years ago, was now made publicly available. This cache included `phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and, in some cases, email addresses.` Facebook came under fire for declining to notify affected customers about the breach, and now Ireland`s Data Protection Commission, or DPC, is stepping in to investigate Faceook over potential GDPR breaches.
The DPC shared the following statement this afternoon, saying:
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) today launched an own-vol...
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