Facebook has received a number of recent privacy complaints, with repercussions ranging from increased public scrutiny to monetary fines including a €500,000 ($644,000) fine by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in 2018 – the maximum penalty under the UK’s data protection legislation. The fine was levied after the ICO discovered that Facebook failed to keep the personal information of its users secure by allowing third-party developers access to user information without user consent.