• lambalicious
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    2 days ago

    It could cost Meta 32 billion.

    US law: “Best I can do is 15 thousand.”

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          2 days ago

          They don’t ask them what they want to pay or what they claim the revenue was, they look at the numbers:

          Art. 83(5) GDPR, the fine framework can be up to 20 million euros, or in the case of an undertaking, up to 4 % of their total global turnover of the preceding fiscal year, whichever is higher.

          https://gdpr-info.eu/issues/fines-penalties/

          Although realistically speaking they’re probably just getting fined for one “infringement”, despite committing quite a lot.