Microsoft’s LinkedIn Faces $425 Million Fine Over EU Privacy Law

Microsoft Corp. is anticipating a $425 million fine from European data protection regulators over LinkedIn’s targeted advertising practices, according to a corporate filing.

The fine is the proposed result of an investigation the Irish Data Protection Commission opened in 2018 into whether the job search site violated the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, Microsoft said in a Thursday notice to investors.

The Irish regulator is the primary privacy watchdog in the EU for some of Silicon Valley’s biggest tech companies, many of which have set up European headquarters in Ireland. The commission previously levied hefty fines against ...