Abstract :
[en] The decision of 14 July 2023 by the Norwegian data
protection authority (DPA) Datatilsynet is receiving
a lot of attention throughout Europe. With that order
the authority imposed a temporary ban on the
processing of personal data for the purpose of behavioural
advertising against subsidiaries of the US Internet
groupMeta Platforms, namelyMeta Platforms
Ireland Ltd. and Facebook Norway AS collectively.1
Meta owns, among others, the online services Facebook,
Instagram and WhatsApp. According to
Datatilsynet, Meta had failed to comply with an earlier
instruction by the Irish Data Protection Commission
(DPC)2 and had not brought the processing operations
within Facebook and Instagram into compliance
with Article 6(1) GDPR.
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