The committee of the Irish Data Protection (DPC), has issued LinkedIn to 310 million euros for violations of the Rules of the General Data Protection (GDPR). This is the final outcome of the investigation to be launched over six years ago, after a complaint filed by the nonprofit organization of the French and La Quadrature Du Net.
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The complaint, sent to the regulator on the private and the public DPC for the office of the register of european and LinkedIn, a subsidiary of Microsoft) was, in Ireland. At the conclusion of the investigation, which began in August 2018, the authority concluded that the data of the users that were not processed in a lawful, fair and transparent manner. The data gathered by LinkedIn, to serve ads to be personalized.
According to the DPC, the company has not used any of the legal framework available for the processing of personal data (consent, legitimate interest or the need for contract), as required by art. 6 of the GDPR. LinkedIn is also not komunikoi user purposes and the legal bases of the processing.
Projektvendimi was handed over to the review of the regulators of other europeans interested in private. Having not taken any of the opposition, the final decision was announced LinkedIn, 22 October, 2024. In addition to the fine of eur 310 million euros, the american company received a reprimand and an order for the implementation of the measures required to adhere to the GDPR.
A spokesperson of LinkedIn, said:
Today, the DPC received a final decision on the allegations of the year 2018 in connection with the practice of our advertising digital in the EU. While we believe that we respect the GDPR, we are working to ensure that the best practices with our marketing should be in accordance with the decision until the time of the DPC.
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