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Meta found guilty in Brazil of 2021 data breaches

By Paula Mariane ( March 28, 2023, 21:47 GMT | Insight) -- Meta has been found guilty in Brazil of a 2021 data breach involving 533 million people from 106 countries, including 8 million Brazilians. In a decision by a state court in Maranhão, Meta's Facebook was ordered to pay compensation for collective "moral" damages of 72 million reais ($13.93 million), as well as to pay 500 reais ($96.74) to each Brazilian affected by the infraction. The total amount of compensation for individual damages could reach up to 4 billion reais ($780 million).Meta has been found guilty in Brazil of a 2021 data breach involving 533 million people from 106 countries, including 8 million Brazilians....

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