Social media platform LinkedIn has been fined €310m by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Today's ruling includes three administrative fines of 310 million euros, a reprimand for LinkedIn and an order to comply with the company's data processing. This is in the context of the company's processing of users' personal data for behavioural analysis and targeted advertising.
The investigation found breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relating to the lawfulness, fairness and transparency of data processing. The decision was made by Data Protection Commissioners Dr Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland and was notified to LinkedIn earlier this week.
"Processing personal data without an appropriate legal basis is a clear and serious violation of data subjects' fundamental right to data protection," Doyle said.
The investigation was launched in August 2018 following a complaint filed by a French non-profit organization with the French Data Protection Authority.
As LinkedIn's EU headquarters are in Dublin, the company's lead supervisory authority is the Irish Data Protection Commission. The DPC submitted its draft decision to its fellow European data watchdogs in July.
"Today the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) reached a final decision on 2018 claims regarding some of our digital advertising efforts in the European Union," a LinkedIn spokesperson said.
"While we believe we are compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we are working to ensure that our advertising practices comply with this decision within the DPC's deadline," the company added.
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