Data Protection Commission hiked €59m fine for Facebook owner Meta to €390m

Meta has indicated it will appeal the ruling. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has hiked an initial €59m fine for social media giant Meta over how it processes personal data, to €390m.

The DPC had imposed the smaller fine after it found Meta had breached the landmark EU data law — the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — in how it processed the data of its users for targeted advertising.