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Simon Hunt

Meta slapped with record £1 billion by EU regulators over data transfers

Meta is to be fined a record-busting £1 billion by the European Union over the transfer of user data to the US.

The EU’s privacy regulators, including Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), are set to impose the huge fine amid concerns the transfers expose EU citizens to weaker data privacy regulation in the US and adds futher pressure on the US government to strike a deal with the bloc over the management of personal data.

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