Norway Imposes Daily Fine on Meta for Privacy Breaches
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Norway's data protection regulator, Datatilsynet, has stated that Meta's practice of tracking Instagram and Facebook users violates their privacy. If Meta fails to take remedial action, it will be fined one million crowns ($100,000) per day from August 4th until November 3rd. This move follows a European court ruling banning Meta from harvesting user data for advertising. The fine could potentially be widened across Europe by Europe's Data Protection Board. Meta is currently facing pressure over its data privacy actions in various European countries.
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