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Meta has been hit with a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine (€1.2 billion) by EU data regulators, and ordered to stop transferring the Facebook data of EU citizens to the US. EU courts believe such data transfers expose EU citizens to privacy violations — a complaint that stems back to 2013 and revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden about US mass surveillance programs.

The ruling was made by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), which said that that the current legal framework for data transfers to the US “did not address the risks to the fundamental rights and freedoms” of Facebook’s EU users and violated GDPR. The fine exceeds the previous EU record of €746 million levied against Amazon in 2021 for similar privacy violations.

Transferring data to the US is critical for Meta’s vast ad-targeting operation, which relies on processing multiple streams of personal data from its users. Last year, Meta said it would be forced to consider shutting down Facebook and Instagram in the EU if it wasn’t able to send data back to the US; a warning EU politicians saw as an obvious threat. “Meta cannot just blackmail the EU into giving up its data protection standards,” replied EU lawmaker Axel Voss to the news. “Leaving the EU would be their loss.”

Previously, these data transfers were protected by a transatlantic pact known as the Privacy Shield. But this framework was declared invalid in 2020 after the EU’s top court found that it did not protect data from being scraped by US surveillance programs. This ruling was given in response to a claim by Austrian lawyer Max Schrems, whose legal battle against Facebook dates back to 2013 and the original Snowden revelations of US surveillance.

Although Meta has now been ordered to stop these data transfers, there are a number of caveats that benefit the US social media giant. First, the ruling only applies to data from Facebook, not other Meta companies like Instagram and WhatsApp. Second, there’s a five-month grace period before Meta has to stop future transfers, and a six-month deadline to stop holding current data in the US. Third, and most important, the EU and US are currently negotiating a new deal to transfer data that could be in place as early as this summer and as late as October.

Despite the record-breaking size of the fine, experts expressed doubt that it will change anything fundamental about Meta’s privacy practices. “A billion-euro parking ticket is of no consequence to a company that earns many more billions by parking illegally,” Johnny Ryan, a senior fellow at the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, told The Guardian this weekend.

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chaar vastuon kii ek bullated suchi main apane mukhya binduon ko rakhkar meta ke bare main samachar lekh ke is hisse ko sankshep main prastut karen.

meta ko europea sangh ke data niamakon dwaara record-braking $ 1.3 billian jurmaana (€ 1.2 billian) ke saath maaraa gaya he, or europea sangh ke nagarikon ke fasebuk data ko america main sthanantarit karne se rokane kaa aadesh diya he.europea sangh kii adaalaton kaa maananaa he ki is tarah ke data transfar europea sangh ke nagarikon ko gopneeyata ulanghan ke liye ujagar karte hai - ek shikaayat jo 2013 main waapas aa jaati he or vislabloar edward snowden dwaara america maas nigaraanee kaaryakramon ke bare main rahasyodghatan karti he.

sattarudh ireland ke data protection kamishan (DPC) dwaara kiya gaya tha, jisamen kaha gaya tha ki data ke liye vartmaan kanoonee dhaancha america main sthanantarit karata he "fasebuk ke europea sangh ke upyogkartaaon ke moulik adhikaron or swatantraaa ke liye jokhimon ko sambodhit nahin karata tha" or GDPR kaa ulanghan kiya.isi tarah ke gopneeyata ulanghan ke liye 2021 main amejan ke khilaaf lagaae gaye € 746 million ke pichley europea sangh ke record se jurmaana.

meta ke vishaal vigyaapan-lakshyikaran oparation ke liye america main data sthanantarit karnaa mahatvapurn he, jo apane upyogkartaaon se vyaktigat data kii kai dhaaraon ko sansaadhit karne par nirbhar karata he.pichley saal, meta ne kaha ki yah europea sangh main fasebuk or instagram ko band karne par vichaar karne ke liye majaboor kiya jayega yadi yah america ko waapas data bhejne main sakasham nahin tha;ek chetavanee europea sangh ke rajanetaaon ne ek spasht khatre ke rup main dekha.europea sangh ke kanoon nirmaataa eksal was ne samachar ke liye kaha, "meta keval apane data suraksha maanakon ko dene main europea sangh ko blackmel nahin kar saktaa he.""europea sangh ko chhodana unka nuksaan hoga."

pehle, in data transfar ko ek transatlantic sandhi dwaara sangrakshit kiya gaya tha jise gopneeyata shield ke rup main janaa jaataa he.lekin is dhaanche ko 2020 main europea sangh kii sheersh adaalat dwaara paaya gaya tha ki yah data ko america nigaraanee kaaryakramon dwaara scrap kiye jane se bachaane ke baad amaanya ghoshit kiya gaya tha.yah faisla austrian vakil maiks shrems ke daawey ke jawaab main diya gaya tha, jinaki fasebuk ke khilaaf kanoonee ladaai 2013 kii tarikhon or america nigaraanee ke mul snowden khulaase hai.

haalanki meta ko ab in data transfar ko rokane kaa aadesh diya gaya he, lekin kai kaiviet hai jo america soshal media diggaj ko labhanvit karte hai.sabase pehle, sattarudh keval fasebuk se data par lagu hota he, na ki anya meta companiyon jaisi instagram or whatsap.doosraa, meta se pehle paanch maheene kii krupa kii avadhi he, jo bhavishya ke hastantaran ko rokna he, or america main vartmaan data ko rakhane se rokane ke liye chah maheene kii samay seemaa he.teesraa, or sabase mahatvapurn, europea sangh or america vartmaan main data ko sthanantarit karne ke liye ek nae saude par baatcheet kar rahe hai jo is garmi kii shuruyaat main or oktober ke ant main ho saktaa he.

jurmaana ke record-braking aakaar ke baavjood, visheshgyon ne andeh vyakt kiya ki yah meta kii gopneeyata prathaon ke bare main kuch bhi moulik badal degaa.irish council for civil liberties ke ek varisht saathi johny rayaan ne is saptaah ke ant main gardian ko bataaya, "ek arab-euro parking tikat ek aisi company ke liye koi parinaam nahin he jo avaidh rup se parking dwaara kai or arabon kamata he."
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• europea sangh ke data niamak meta ko $ 1.3 billian ke jurmaana ke saath jurmaana de rahe hai, iske alaava unhen europea sangh ke nagarikon ke data ko transfar karne se rokane ke liye you.es.
• ireland data protection kamishan (DPC) ne data transfar par nirnay liya jo kabhi gopneeyata shield dwaara sangrakshit the, lekin ab nahin hai.
• filing or baad main sattarudh austrian vakil, maiks shrems dwaara 2013 main waapas dating ke daawey se sambandhit he.
• kai cavats sattarudh ko prabhavit karenge or soshal media company ko kuch bhatte kii anumati denge, jisamen yah tathy bhi shaamil he ki keval fasebuk data prabhavit he or chah maheene kii anugrah avadhi he.
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chaar vastuon kii ek bullated suchi main apane mukhya binduon ko rakhkar meta ke bare main samachar lekh ke is hisse ko sankshep main prastut karen.

meta ko europea sangh ke data niamakon dwaara record-braking $ 1.3 billian jurmaana (€ 1.2 billian) ke saath maaraa gaya he, or europea sangh ke nagarikon ke fasebuk data ko america main sthanantarit karne se rokane kaa aadesh diya he.europea sangh kii adaalaton kaa maananaa he ki is tarah ke data transfar europea sangh ke nagarikon ko gopneeyata ulanghan ke liye ujagar karte hai - ek shikaayat jo 2013 main waapas aa jaati he or vislabloar edward snowden dwaara america maas nigaraanee kaaryakramon ke bare main rahasyodghatan karti he.

sattarudh ireland ke data protection kamishan (DPC) dwaara kiya gaya tha, jisamen kaha gaya tha ki data ke liye vartmaan kanoonee dhaancha america main sthanantarit karata he "fasebuk ke europea sangh ke upyogkartaaon ke moulik adhikaron or swatantraaa ke liye jokhimon ko sambodhit nahin karata tha" or GDPR kaa ulanghan kiya.isi tarah ke gopneeyata ulanghan ke liye 2021 main amejan ke khilaaf lagaae gaye € 746 million ke pichley europea sangh ke record se jurmaana.

meta ke vishaal vigyaapan-lakshyikaran oparation ke liye america main data sthanantarit karnaa mahatvapurn he, jo apane upyogkartaaon se vyaktigat data kii kai dhaaraon ko sansaadhit karne par nirbhar karata he.pichley saal, meta ne kaha ki yah europea sangh main fasebuk or instagram ko band karne par vichaar karne ke liye majaboor kiya jayega yadi yah america ko waapas data bhejne main sakasham nahin tha;ek chetavanee europea sangh ke rajanetaaon ne ek spasht khatre ke rup main dekha.europea sangh ke kanoon nirmaataa eksal was ne samachar ke liye kaha, "meta keval apane data suraksha maanakon ko dene main europea sangh ko blackmel nahin kar saktaa he.""europea sangh ko chhodana unka nuksaan hoga."

pehle, in data transfar ko ek transatlantic sandhi dwaara sangrakshit kiya gaya tha jise gopneeyata shield ke rup main janaa jaataa he.lekin is dhaanche ko 2020 main europea sangh kii sheersh adaalat dwaara paaya gaya tha ki yah data ko america nigaraanee kaaryakramon dwaara scrap kiye jane se bachaane ke baad amaanya ghoshit kiya gaya tha.yah faisla austrian vakil maiks shrems ke daawey ke jawaab main diya gaya tha, jinaki fasebuk ke khilaaf kanoonee ladaai 2013 kii tarikhon or america nigaraanee ke mul snowden khulaase hai.

haalanki meta ko ab in data transfar ko rokane kaa aadesh diya gaya he, lekin kai kaiviet hai jo america soshal media diggaj ko labhanvit karte hai.sabase pehle, sattarudh keval fasebuk se data par lagu hota he, na ki anya meta companiyon jaisi instagram or whatsap.doosraa, meta se pehle paanch maheene kii krupa kii avadhi he, jo bhavishya ke hastantaran ko rokna he, or america main vartmaan data ko rakhane se rokane ke liye chah maheene kii samay seemaa he.teesraa, or sabase mahatvapurn, europea sangh or america vartmaan main data ko sthanantarit karne ke liye ek nae saude par baatcheet kar rahe hai jo is garmi kii shuruyaat main or oktober ke ant main ho saktaa he.

jurmaana ke record-braking aakaar ke baavjood, visheshgyon ne andeh vyakt kiya ki yah meta kii gopneeyata prathaon ke bare main kuch bhi moulik badal degaa.irish council for civil liberties ke ek varisht saathi johny rayaan ne is saptaah ke ant main gardian ko bataaya, "ek arab-euro parking tikat ek aisi company ke liye koi parinaam nahin he jo avaidh rup se parking dwaara kai or arabon kamata he."</s>
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• europea sangh ke data niamak meta ko $ 1.3 billian ke jurmaana ke saath jurmaana de rahe hai, iske alaava unhen europea sangh ke nagarikon ke data ko transfar karne se rokane ke liye you.es.
• ireland data protection kamishan (DPC) ne data transfar par nirnay liya jo kabhi gopneeyata shield dwaara sangrakshit the, lekin ab nahin hai.
• filing or baad main sattarudh austrian vakil, maiks shrems dwaara 2013 main waapas dating ke daawey se sambandhit he.
• kai cavats sattarudh ko prabhavit karenge or soshal media company ko kuch bhatte kii anumati denge, jisamen yah tathy bhi shaamil he ki keval fasebuk data prabhavit he or chah maheene kii anugrah avadhi he.</s>
