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Twitter fined $546,000 for violating the EU's GDPR privacy law, marking the first time a US firm has been penalized over the 2-year-old law
Twitter fined $546,000 for violating the EU's GDPR privacy law, marking the first time a US firm has been penalized over the 2-year-old law
Katie CanalesDec 15, 2020, 22:34 IST
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
The Irish Data Protection Commission fined
Twitter $546,000 for violating the
EU's
GDPR privacy law and failing to notify the regulator of a data breach within 72 hours of one occurring.
The case pertains to a breach during the 2018 holiday period that left users' private tweets exposed, an incident for which Twitter told Business Insider it takes responsibility.