LinkedIn Ireland fined €310 million by Data Protection Commission
Eva Osborne
LinkedIn Ireland has been fined €310 million by the Data Protection Commission (DPC).
It relates to the processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioural analysis and targeted advertising of users.
It followed a complaint initially made by the French Data Protection Authority.
The decision from Ireland's Data Protection Commission includes a reprimand, an order for LinkedIn to bring its processing into compliance, and administrative fines totalling €310 million.
The inquiry examined LinkedIn’s processing of personal data for the purposes of behavioural analysis and targeted advertising of users who have created LinkedIn profiles.
The decision, which was made by the Commissioners for Data Protection, Dr Des Hogan and Dale Sunderland, and notified to LinkedIn on Tuesday, concerns the lawfulness, fairness and transparency of this processing.
The DPC submitted a draft decision to the GDPR cooperation mechanism in July 2024, as required under Article 60 of the GDPR.
No objections to the DPC’s draft decision were raised. The DPC is grateful for the cooperation and assistance of its peer EU/EEA supervisory authorities in this case.
LinkedIn says, while it believes it has been in compliance with GDPR, it is working to ensure its ad practices meet this decision by the commissioner's deadline.
