Italy's data protection agency fines Meta €805M for allegedly accessing Android users' photos and videos without their consent or informing them (Reuters)

Italy’s data protection agency has fined Meta Platforms €805 million ($887 million) for allegedly accessing photos, videos, and related information stored on Android devices without obtaining specific user permission or informing them. According to Business Recorder, the access occurred through a Facebook app feature that suggested content from personal galleries for users to post.

The authority stated that Meta has 60 days to seek separate user consent and disable the feature by default. The fine represents approximately 0.47% of the group's global revenue.

The investigation, which began in 2025, did not cover whether the content was used to train artificial intelligence models. Business Recorder reports that the authority reserved the right to separately assess a new feature launched in 2026 that allows user gallery content to be processed in the cloud.

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