The issue, discovered and reported by Meta in 2019, affected hundreds of millions of users across Meta platforms.

It's unclear if the new regime will have any trickle down effects for users outside of the European Union.

A new executive order directs the Attorney General to establish a Data Protection Review Court.

The complaint refers to the company's handling of 12 data breaches that occurred in 2018.

Grindr disputes the agency's findings.

Facebook is appealing the decision.

"We need to rethink how consumer data is stewarded," one customer advocate said.

The California-based app Grindr is accused of sharing user data without explicit consent.

The decision stems from a bug that allowed thousands of people's private tweets to be made public between late 2014 and early 2019.

Emails and password credentials lifted in prior breaches still are a popular hacking technique.