Unprecedented case: European Commission to pay fine for violating its own law.

The General Court of the EU imposed a fine on the European Commission for violating data protection norms

For the first time, the General Court of the EU has ruled to impose compensation on the European Commission for violating its own data protection norms. According to Reuters, the court found that the European Commission transferred personal data of a German citizen to the USA without adequate safeguards and ordered it to pay 400 euros ($412) in compensation.

The specific case concerns a citizen who used the 'Log in with Facebook' feature to register for an EU conference. The court decided that transferring the user's IP address to Meta Platforms in the USA violates EU laws on data protection. GDPR - the General Data Protection Regulation, which is established in Europe and is considered one of the strictest and most comprehensive data privacy laws in the world.

Many large companies, including Klarna, Meta, LinkedIn, have already faced fines from the EU for failing to comply with data protection norms.