Facebook has temporarily escaped daily fines over its revamped policy for users’ photos and data, Bloomberg reports. The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) said Wednesday it lifted the threat of combined penalties totaling as much as 750,000 euros, the report states, “after Facebook agreed to provide information needed to weigh the next steps in the investigation announced in December.” The DPA stepped in last year after Facebook alerted users of changes to its policy in which it claimed the right to use their information and images for commercial purposes. The DPA sought a suspension of Facebook’s new policy pending an investigation or said it would face fines, and Facebook opted to go to court over the dispute.
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