Facebook has been fined €7 million (U.S. $8.4 million) by Italy’s antitrust regulator for failing to address issues related to its personal data collection practices.

The regulator, the Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato, or AGCM, announced the fine Wednesday, saying despite a previous order, Facebook has continued collecting its Italian users’ personal data without properly informing them about how Facebook will use their data.

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Aaron Nicodemus is the Editor-in-Chief of Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass. Email: aaron.nicodemus@complianceweek.com LinkedIn:...