Latest Facebook Breach Draws Scrutiny From EU Officials

European privacy officials Sunday pressed Facebook for details about the impact on EU citizens from the latest breach (see 1809280036). The Data Protection Commission Ireland tweeted Sunday it was waiting for details from Facebook about affected EU users “so that we can properly assess the nature of the breach and risk to users.” EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova urged the platform to “fully cooperate” with the Irish regulator, saying “we need to know if EU users were affected and what had happened to their data.” Data Protection Commission Ireland said Monday that Facebook notified officials that EU users represented less than 10 percent of the 50 million reportedly affected. EU general data protection regulation violators face up to $20 million per infraction, or 4 percent of global revenue, whichever is more. Facebook initially said as many as 50 million users were affected, and reset access information for another 40 million as a precaution. The company didn’t comment on the European response.