Meta Fined $887 Million in Italy Over Android Gallery Photos and Videos on Facebook
Summary: Italy's data protection authority fined Meta Platforms Ireland Limited €805 million ($887 million) on Saturday for using photos and videos from Android users' galleries on Facebook without specific consent or adequate disclosure, through a feature called "Get suggestions from gallery when browsing Facebook." Investigators found the feature was enabled by default and that Facebook requested gallery access through a single permission covering multiple app functions with different purposes; the authority gave Meta 60 days to disable the feature and seek separate consent, and said Meta's lack of cooperation factored into the penalty, which amounts to approximately 0.47% of the group's global turnover.
Why it matters: Italy has about 20 million Android users, and the regulator found the gallery-access feature was on by default - a default setting, not a breach, drew a fine worth roughly 0.47% of Meta's global turnover.
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