Irish Privacy Watchdog Fines LinkedIn $335 Million for GDPR Breaches
LinkedIn Ireland violated EU data protection law when it processed personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted advertising, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced Thursday. The data under question involved member information they provided directly to LinkedIn and member…
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data obtained via third-party partners. The decision followed a complaint that French digital rights advocacy group La Quadrature du Net filed in August 2018, the DPC said. LinkedIn will pay a fine of $335 million and bring its processing into compliance with the general data protection regulation.