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Brazil fines Facebook $1.6 million for improper sharing of user data

Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of a Facebook logo.

Brazil’s Ministry of Justice said on Monday it has fined U.S. tech giant Facebook Inc 6.6 million reais ($1.6 million) for improperly sharing user data.

The ministry’s department of consumer protection said it had found that data from 443,000 Facebook users was made improperly available to developers of an App called ‘thisisyourdigitallife.’

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