ITALY: Regulators have fined social media giant Meta €805 million (£672m) for accessing Android users’ photos without their specific consent. The country’s Data Protection Authority says the company did not properly inform about 20m smartphone users that it had access to their photos and videos via a Facebook app feature.Meta has 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek users’ consent separately. The company said it planned to appeal.The fine is among the largest an Italian authority has ever imposed on a tech company. 

ITALY: Regulators have fined social media giant Meta €805 million (£672m) for accessing Android users’ photos without their specific consent. The country’s Data Protection Authority says the company did not properly inform about 20m smartphone users that it had access to their photos and videos via a Facebook app feature.

Meta has 60 days to disable the feature by default and seek users’ consent separately. The company said it planned to appeal.

The fine is among the largest an Italian authority has ever imposed on a tech company.

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