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A data leak involving personal details of hundreds of millions of Facebook users is being reviewed by Ireland s Data Protection Commission (DPC).
The database is believed to contain a mix of Facebook profile names, phone numbers, locations and other facts about more than 530 million people.
Facebook says the data is old , from a previously-reported leak in 2019.
But the Irish DPC said it will work with Facebook, to make sure that is the case.
Ireland s regulator is critical to such investigations, as Facebook s European headquarters is in Dublin, making it an important regulator for the EU.
Facebook data breach being reviewed by Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC)
Apr 5, 2021 11:10 EDT with 0 comments
According to a report from BBC News, The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland is reviewing a recent data breach of Facebook which contains the personal data of around 533 million people in 106 countries. Since the data was released online, Facebook has said that it s from an old leak from 2019 but the DPC wants to work with the firm to ensure this is the case.
Facebook doesn’t look like it’s in much trouble as the DPC’s deputy commissioner Graham Doyle acknowledged that the data appears to be from a previous leak before the GDPR privacy rules came into effect but he did say that the DPC wants to double-check to ensure a new breach hasn’t occurred.
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