The Italian Data Protection Authority announced the imposition of a fine of 805 million euros on the "Meta" company, due to the Facebook platform's access to photos and videos of Android users without their express consent.
The authority explained that a feature available since 2023 allowed the app to access the entire image archive, including metadata, and noted that around 20 million users in Italy were affected.
The authority gave Meta 60 days to accept explicit permissions, while requiring it to disable the feature by default, even for users who had previously given the app general permission to access their photos.
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