The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is debating Meta’s planned subscription model, whereby EU users will be charged up to 13 euros (U.S. $14) per month if they do not want to be tracked for online advertising when using Facebook or Instagram.

Meta announced the plans in October, after the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in July the company should not track people’s online activity without their consent for the purposes of targeted advertising.

Learn More
Already a member? Sign in to an existing account.

Neil Hodge is a freelance business journalist and photographer based in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He writes on insurance and risk management, corporate governance, internal audit, compliance, and legal...