Ireland Fines Tinder Owner €11M Over Incomplete Data Access
The regulator said Tinder’s data download tool omitted categories and reduced others to summaries, and gave Match Group three months to comply.
- The Data Protection Commission fined MTCH Technology Services Limited, the Irish unit of Match Group, €11m on Friday after its "Download My Data" tool failed to provide Tinder users with a complete copy of their personal data.
- This decision closes an inquiry opened in early 2020, with the six-year duration becoming a standard complaint about the DPC's enforcement speed in Dublin where it serves as lead regulator for major technology firms.
- Although the tool was presented to users as a way to obtain their information, the DPC found it omitted certain categories entirely and reduced others to summaries, violating GDPR right of access standards.
- Match Group received a formal reprimand and three months to bring data processing into compliance, having set aside a $9.1mn provision against a potential $60mn cost warned to investors.
- The DPC's recent docket remains heavy, with substantial penalties against Google and TikTok, the latter's fine recently upheld by the Irish High Court in July, underscoring the regulator's central enforcement role.
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The Irish regulator has sanctioned Tinder's parent company for failing to comply with the European Data Protection Regulation The Irish subsidiary of Match Group, owner of Tinder, has
Match Group, the owner of Tinder, received a fine of 11 million euros from the Irish Data Protection Authority for non-compliance with GDPR rules. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Friday that an instrument Tinder offers to users who wish to download their personal data does not meet the requirements of the ...
Tinder owner fined €11 million for breach of privacy Irish regulator has fined Match Group for incomplete copies of Tinder data<p>. The company will appeal the decision and must correct the violation in three months.</p>
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