# Irish Data Protection Commissioner Fines Instagram EUR 405M for Children Privacy Violations - Type: News - Source: Hunton Andrews Kurth - Date: 2022-09-07 - Original: https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/2022/09/07/irish-data-protection-commissioner-fines-instagram-for-children-privacy-violations/#entry-216 - Canonical: https://overview.legal/posts/6284 - Topics: AI Enforcement Actions, Compensation Mechanisms and Remedies, AI Act Violations, GPAI Enforcement, AI Act Formal Non-Compliance, Social Media, Market Surveillance Corrective Actions and Enforcement, AI Conformity Declaration, AI Impact Assessment, Fines ## Summary > The fine is the result of an investigation that began in 2020 and focused on the company’s processing of children’s personal data. Based on press reports, the investigation focused on children between the ages of 13 and 17 who were allowed to operate business or creator Instagram accounts. As a result, children’s phone numbers and email addresses were publicly accessible. ## Full text [Skip to content](#lxb%5Faf-loop) ### [ Menu](#) [![Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP logo](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/04/hak-logo-color-330x93.png)](https://www.huntonak.com/) [Home](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/)[About](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/about/)[Contact](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/contact/)[Publications](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/publications/) Search… Search # [Privacy & Information Security Law Blog](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com) Global Privacy and Cybersecurity Law Updates and Analysis [Home](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/) » Irish Data Protection Commissioner Fines Instagram for Children Privacy Violations # Irish Data Protection Commissioner Fines Instagram for Children Privacy Violations Posted on September 7, 2022 Posted in [Children’s Privacy](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/category/childrens-privacy/), [European Union](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/category/european-union/), [International](https://www.huntonprivacyblog.com/category/international/) Listen to this post On September 5, 2022, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (the “DPC”) imposed a €405,000,000 fine on Instagram (a Meta-owned social media platform) for violations of the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s (“GDPR’s”) rules on the processing of children’s personal data. The fine is the result of an investigation that began in 2020 and focused on the company’s processing of children’s personal data. Based on press reports, the investigation focused on children between the ages of 13 and 17 who were allowed to operate business or creator Instagram accounts. As a result, children’s phone numbers and email addresses were publicly accessible. The fine is the second-largest fine imposed by an EU regulator for GDPR violations. According to online sources, Meta plans to appeal the fine. The DPC has not yet published an official statement about the fine. 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