€805 million fine… Meta insufficient in obtaining consent for gallery access
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Italy’s data protection authority fined Meta €805 million ($850 million) over Facebook’s Android app accessing users’ on-device photos and videos for its “gallery recommendations” feature without adequate notice or separate consent. The regulator said the feature, offered since 2023, surfaced stored photos and videos as post suggestions and was assessed for roughly 20 million affected Italian Android users. The penalty centers on Meta relying on a single permission request covering multiple functions rather than obtaining specific consent for gallery access. The fine is one of the largest levied under the EU’s privacy regime and adds to Meta’s mounting regulatory costs in Europe. Watch for Meta’s planned appeal and whether the ruling pushes other EU regulators to scrutinize bundled consent flows across app features.
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