San Marino. Privacy, confirmed the fine of 4 million euros to Facebook for data theft
The provision had been taken by the Personal Data Protection Authority of the Republic of San Marino
The case of data of 533 million Facebook users “stolen” by hackers and unduly disseminated on the Net, had also had a San Marino implication.
Among those millions of users, there were approximately 12,700 San Marino citizens. Hence the decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority of the Republic of San Marino, to fine Facebook for an amount of 4 million euros.
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Zuckerberg had appealed to the Court and then to the San Marino Court of Appeal trusting in the annulment of the provision.
Yesterday the sentence arrived, which however sanctioned the inadmissibility of that appeal and, going into the merits of the incident, acknowledged serious responsibility in the behavior of Facebook (now Meta Inc.) which “should have taken the appropriate security measures to prevent the collection of personal data of users”.
Umberto Rapetto, President of the Privacy Guarantor of the Republic of San Marino, explained to ANSA how “The finalization of this sanction is relevant not only because for the first time an infringement of this gravity is recognized, but because to sanction the giant technological was the Guarantor of a small State which on the occasion protected the confidentiality of the personal data of only 12,700 San Marino citizens. Basically David versus Goliath.”