Meta: Data Protection Authority imposes an 805 million fine for Facebook’s access to photos and videos
Without specific consent and adequate information
(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - , 14 Nov - The Italian Data Protection Authority has fined Meta €805 million. Through the Facebook app for Android devices, the company accessed photographs, videos and related metadata stored on Italian users’ smartphones without obtaining specific consent and without adequately informing them.
The measure, the statement explains, concerns the ‘Get suggestions from your gallery whilst browsing Facebook’ feature, available from 2023, which suggests photos and videos taken from the user’s phone gallery as ideas for posts whilst they are browsing. The investigation began in July 2025 following a report from the Bolzano Consumer and User Protection Centre and drew on a technical analysis carried out by the Authority.
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