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Irish data watchdog fines Instagram 405m euros over children

Instagram said the fine concerned settings that were already changed and that it plans to appeal

DUBLIN: Ireland's Data Protection Commission on Monday said it had fined Instagram a record 405 million euros for breaching regulations on the handling of children's data.

"We adopted our final decision last Friday and it does contain a fine of 405 million euros," the DPC said in a statement. Full details of the decision will be published next week, it added.

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