Irish data watchdog fines Twitter €450,000

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Twitter discovered the breach in December 2018, but didn't notify the regulator until January 2019

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a €450,000 ($550,000) fine on Twitter, over a data breach that made some private tweets public. The data watchdog said it was issuing the f...

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