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Instagram's child-privacy enforcement case to be decided by EU umbrella body

By Sam Clark ( June 17, 2022, 11:47 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms will see an Irish data-protection probe into its Instagram app be decided by the umbrella body of EU data protection authorities after national watchdogs couldn't agree a resolution, MLex has learned. The case, which relates to the social-media app's use of children’s data, has progressed to the GDPR's “dispute resolution” mechanism, a spokesperson for the European Data Protection Board confirmed today.Meta Platforms will see an Irish data-protection probe into its Instagram app be decided by the umbrella body of EU data protection authorities after national watchdogs couldn't agree a resolution, MLex has learned....

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