- Facebook Ireland allows users between the ages of 13 and 17 to open business accounts.

The feature is already available. / Freepik

Ireland fines Instagram 405 million for mishandling teens' personal data

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) of Ireland has fined Instagram 405 million euros for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of adolescents, as confirmed by this body. The CPD has reported that this investigation began on September 21, 2020, based on information provided to the commission itself by a third party.

According to the information provided, Facebook Ireland allowed users between the ages of 13 and 17 to open business accounts on the Instagram platform and, on some occasions, the operation of these accounts required the publication open to all users of the telephone number and/or email address of the minor user.

In addition, Facebook Ireland operated a user registration system for the Instagram service whereby the accounts of minors were configured as "public" by default so that the content of the social networks of minors was also made public. teens, unless the account was configured otherwise and changed to "private" by going into the account's privacy settings. Full details of the decision will be released next week.

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