Fine · Ireland
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited: EUR 265,000,000
- Authority
- Data Protection Commission (Ireland)
- Country
- Ireland
- Date
- Decision of 25 November 2022
- Amount
- EUR 265,000,000, as imposed (not converted)
- Appeal status
- Under appeal (source)
- Provisions cited
- Article 25(1), Article 25(2)
What the fine was for (summary, not the official text)
Facebook search and contact-importer tools allowed scraping of a large dataset of user data; failure of data protection by design and by default.
Checked against the official source on 28 October 2026.
Only the authority's decision is authoritative. This is reference material, not legal advice.