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Meta Platforms — Irish Data Protection Commission
Unlawful EU–US data transfer · 2023-05-22
Key facts
- Entity
- Meta Platforms
- Authority
- Irish Data Protection Commission
- Date
- 2023-05-22
- Sector
- Social Media / Tech
- Legal provision
- GDPR Art. 46
- Penalty
- €1.2 Billion
- Outcome
- Fine Imposed
- Violation
- Unlawful EU–US data transfer
What happened
The Irish DPC fined Meta €1.2 billion — the largest GDPR penalty to date — for transferring EU user data to the US without adequate safeguards. A benchmark for cross-border transfer risk.
Sources & provenance
Reported by named news sources. No primary document has been attached to this entry yet.
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Record ID: INTL-EU-001 · updated 2026-09-20