The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has issued a €310m ($336m) fine to LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company over violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in relation to the firm’s advertising practices. This decision came after a complaint initially made in August 2018 by a French non-profit organization, La Quadrature Du Net, to the French data protection authority (CNIL).

Source: Infosecurity Magazine – Information Security & IT Security