Facebook Faces Potential $1.63 Billion Fine in Europe Over Data Breach

Richard Bradbury | Freda Liu | Audrey Raj

01-Oct-18 12:45

Facebook Faces Potential $1.63 Billion Fine in Europe Over Data Breach

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A European Union privacy watchdog could fine Facebook as much as $1.63 billion for a data breach announced Friday in which hackers compromised the accounts of more than 50 million users, if regulators find the company violated the bloc’s strict new privacy law.

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