The Italian Competition Authority fines a social network €10 million for unfair commercial practices using its subscribers’ data for commercial purposes (Facebook)
Facebook fined 10 million Euros by the ICA for unfair commercial practices for using its subscribers’ data for commercial purposes
On 29 November 2018 the Italian Competition Authority (ICA), closed the investigation opened last April for alleged violations of the Consumer Code by Facebook Ireland Ltd. and its parent company Facebook Inc -, imposing two fines for a total of 10 million euros
The Authority established that
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