The Italian Data Protection Authority fined Meta Platforms Inc. €805 million for using photos and videos from Android users' galleries without their consent, the authority said in a statement on Saturday.
"Through the Facebook app for Android devices, the company accessed photos, videos, and related metadata stored on Italian users' smartphones without obtaining specific consent," the authority revealed. The company managed to access the users' media through the "Get suggestions from gallery when browsing Facebook" feature, introduced in 2023.
The authority gives Meta 60 days to establish a more specific request for the feature and explain to users what it is for, what access to the gallery entails, and how to disable it.
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Italy-fines-Meta-euro805M-over-use-of-users'-photos/67564203
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