Italy fines Meta €805 million over Facebook's access to Android users' photos
Italy's data protection authority, the Garante, has fined Meta Platforms Ireland €805 million (about $887 million) after finding that the Facebook app on Android accessed Italian users' photographs, videos and related metadata without specific consent or proper information. The case concerns the gallery-suggestions feature, on by default since 2023 and covering about 20 million Android users in Italy. Meta has 60 days to switch the feature off by default and seek consent separately. Meta was not immediately available for comment.
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