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Italy Fines Meta €805 Million Over Facebook's Android Gallery Access Without Explicit Consent
Meta was fined €805 million in Italy yesterday over a Facebook for Android feature that suggests photos and videos from users' phone galleries for them to post. The Garante, Italy's data protection authority, found that the feature was enabled by default and that the app accessed Italian users' photos, videos, and related metadata without their explicit consent. The company has 60 days to
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Italy Fines Meta €805m Over Accessing Android Users' Photos with Facebook App
The Associated Press reports: Italy announced an €805 million ($887 million) fine against Meta on Saturday for using photos and videos from Android users' galleries on Facebook without specific consent or adequate disclosure... Investigators found that the feature was enabled by default and that Facebook requested gallery access through a single permission covering multiple app functions with different purposes. The authority gave Meta 60 days to disable the feature and seek separate consent for its use. Italy has about 20 million Android users, notes the BBC, and this fine "is among the
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