EU data protection board imposes ban on Meta using personal data for advertising 

The European Data Protection Board ruled that contract is "not a suitable" legal basis for the processing of personal data by Meta. 

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an urgent binding decision banning Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta from processing users personal data for the purposes of behavioural advertising.

The EDPB has instructed the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) - as Meta’s lead supervisory authority - to take final measures to enforce this ban on Meta within two weeks. The decision came following a request from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority.