Brussels, 06/09/2022 (Agence Europe) – The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined the social network Instagram €405 million on Friday 2 September for breaches in the handling of data of minors in the EU. The DPC, which is in charge of the case, opened an investigation at the end of 2020 to examine the measures implemented by the Meta Group’s subsidiary to protect the data of its users, particularly minors. The Irish regulator criticised the American company in particular for transferring users’ personal accounts too easily to business accounts, which implies that the contact details become public. In addition, the social network was also criticised for having the content of minors’ accounts default to open, at certain times, to all users rather than to subscribers of the account only. The company has already indicated that it intends to appeal the decision. (TM)