Meta challenge over €265m fines must go ahead, says appeal court

Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, which is the data controller for Facebook and has its European headquarters in Ireland, had brought a statutory appeal over the fines the DPC imposed for breach of EU privacy rules, which affect more than 500 million Facebook users. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

The Court of Appeal has overturned a decision halting a challenge by Meta to more than €265m fines imposed on it by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) pending the outcome of a related case by an EU court.

The decision means proceedings in Ireland by Meta over the fines for breaches of EU privacy rules on personal information must now go ahead regardless of when the EU court makes its decision.