Spain's Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has fined Facebook €1.2m ($1.43m) after finding the social media giant guilty of "two serious infringements and one very serious breach of data protection law". The AEPD said Facebook had collected data on Spanish users without obtaining their consent, and had retained that data for later use, contrary to Spanish law. In a statement released today, Facebook's head of global public policy, Monika Bickert, said: "We are disappointed by this decision
Spain's Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has fined Facebook €1.2m ($1.43m) after finding the social media giant guilty of "two serious infringements and one very serious breach of data protection law". The AEPD said Facebook had collected data on Spanish users without obtaining their consent, and had retained that data for later use, contrary to Spanish law. The company lost a similar case in France earlier this year, and said it "respectfully disagreed" with and would appeal both verdicts.