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Ireland launches inquiry into Facebook after experiences of knowledge leak

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) mentioned on Wednesday it had introduced an inquiry into Facebook Inc, after a dataset reported to include personal knowledge referring to a couple 533 million Facebook consumers international was once made public.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) said on Wednesday it had launched an inquiry into Facebook Inc, after a dataset reported to contain personal data relating to some 533 million Facebook users worldwide was made public.

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