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Meta to ask High Court to quash fine of up to €430m over data processing

Summary

Meta has been granted permission to challenge a potential fine of up to €430 million from the Data Protection Commission (DPC) over data processing issues. The company argues that the DPC acted outside its powers by expanding the investigation beyond the original complaint to all Facebook users. Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd applied for judicial review, and the court granted a stay on the fine until next year. The case stems from a 2018 complaint about access to personal data stored in a 'Hive' digital warehouse. Meta claims the DPC overstepped by suggesting the complainant's request had a 'general application' for other users. The court will hear the case again in January. Meta seeks a declaration that the DPC acted beyond its powers and a quashing of the draft decision. The judge ruled in favor of Meta, putting a stay on the DPC's findings pending the outcome of the case.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Meta to ask High Court to quash fine of up to €430m over data processing. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision

When:

• July 2018 Hearing Or Sentence
• October 10 Hearing Or Sentence
• 2025-12-16 Publication

Why: It is submitted by Meta that the DPC communicated to the company "that this was a situation in which the complainant was requesting the data in order to have a full understanding of it, and in which the provision of the data in raw format would be required to enable him to be aware of the context in which it was being processed". CNI source report

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Read the original CNI report