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The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Meta €251 million (approximately $263 million) for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations. The fine stems from a 2018 data breach that compromised the personal information of 29 million Facebook accounts. The breach underscores the importance of robust security measures to protect user data and highlights the potential financial repercussions of non-compliance with GDPR regulations. The penalty is one of many such penalties faced by tech giants in recent years, showing a trend of increased enforcement of EU privacy laws.