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Irish knowledge watchdog launches investigation into Facebook over leak affecting half a billion customers

Facebook would possibly have breached knowledge protection rules after the personal information of 533 million of its customers was once leaked online, Ireland’s knowledge authority has discussed, as it offered an investigation into the social media huge.
Facebook may have breached data protection regulations after the personal information of 533 million of its users was leaked online, Ireland’s data authority has said, as it announced an investigation into the social media giant.

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