On 15th December, an Irish regulator stated that it was probing Facebook after the company’s revelation that a bug might have exposed private photos of up to 6.8 million users. In a series of Facebook privacy glitches, this event is the latest one.

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), the lead regulator of Facebook in the European Union stated that it was scrutinizing to decide whether the company has meet and obeyed the strict new EU privacy rules in their response to a number of violations, which includes the one in which the photos were exposed.

In a statement, Facebook mentioned that it was in close touch with the Irish regulator and they are ready to answer any kind of questions. The enquiry is the second one, which is being conducted by the DPC into Facebook, since the new regulation became effective from May.

Facebook revealed the photo error earlier on Friday, mentioning that it granted some 1,500 software apps to connect or approach to private photos for 12 days that would end on 25th September.

As per the European data law companies need to report data violation to authorities within 72 hours, allowing regulators authority to enforce fines of up to 4% of annual global revenue for infractions.

The glitch could weaken Facebook’s endeavors to guarantee users and regulators that it was making advancement in enhancing security and privacy after a series of humiliation. It includes the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which the British political consulting firm obtained data of at least 87 million Facebook users and sold it for political purpose and also a security violation for nearly 30 million users.

George Salmon, an analyst with Hargreaves Lansdown stated that new reports of breaches and bugs would increase the chance that governments will add regulations on Facebook.

The bug mainly troubled users who gave third-party applications permission to access their photos.

Generally, Facebook allows such third party apps access to photos shared on a user’s timeline; however, the bug likely gave developers access to many photos, which were uploaded but not posted, and many others.