The inquiry examined LinkedIn’s processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioural analysis and targeted advertising of users.

IRELAND’S Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined LinkedIn €310 million. The organisation announced today that a final decision had been made following an inquiry into the social media platform. DPC launched their investigation after a complaint was made to the French Data Protection Authority regarding LinkedIn’s processing of personal data. LinkedIn’s headquarters are in Dublin, which makes Ireland’s DPC the main supervisory authority for the firm. The inquiry, which began in 2018, examined the platform’s use of such data for the purposes of behavioural analysis and targeted advertising of users who have created LinkedIn profiles. The decision, which was made by the Commissioners for Data Protection, Dr Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland, and notified to LinkedIn on October 22, 2024, found the firm had breached elements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) relating to the lawfulness, fairness and transparency of its data processing. “The lawfulness of processing is a fundamental aspect of data protection…

It follows an inquiry which examined LinkedIn’s processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioural analysis and targeted advertising.

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 million euros ($335 million) over breaching users’ personal data for targeted advertising.

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 million euros ($335 million) over breaching users’ personal data for targeted advertising.

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 million euros ($335 million) over breaching users' personal data ...

The inquiry was launched by the DPC, in its role as the lead supervisory authority for LinkedIn, following a complaint initially made to the French Data Protection Authority

LinkedIn received a €310 million fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission for violating European Union's law related to the processing of personal data for behavioral analysis and targeted advertising.

DUBLIN : The lead European Union privacy regulator on Thursday said it had imposed a 310 million euro ($335 million) fine on Microsoft's professional networking platform LinkedIn over its targeted advertising practices. The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is the European Union's lead privacy regu

European Union regulators slapped LinkedIn on Thursday with a 310 million euro ($335 million) fine for violations of the bloc's stringent data privacy rules.

Ireland's data-protection watchdog fined LinkedIn 310 million euros ($334.3 million), saying the Microsoft-owned career platform's personal-data processing breached strict European Union data-privacy and security legislation. From a report: The Irish Data Protection Commission in 2018 launched a pro...

Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn was on Thursday fined 310 million euros (around $335 million) for privacy violations related to its tracking ads business.