Ireland's data regulator has launched an investigation of Facebook over a recent data breach that allowed hackers access to 50 million accounts. The probe could potentially cost Facebook more than $1.6 billion in fines.
The Irish Data Protection Commission said that it will look into whether the US social media company complied with European regulations that went into effect earlier this year covering data protection.
It's the latest headache for Facebook in Europe, where authorities are turning up the heat on dominant tech firms over data protection.
The commission said in a statement that it would examine whether Facebook put in place "appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the security and safeguarding of the personal data it processes".
[Source: Stuff.co]
