IMGur is withdrawn from the UK after warning the data regulator from fines

IMGur, one of the most popular photo sharing and hosting platforms on the web, closed access to its website for users in the United Kingdom, after notice of a fine of monitoring data protection in the country.

According to social media reports, users who are trying to download IMGUR from the UK are meeting an error message saying: “The content is not available in your area.”

The Information Commissioner (ICO) office was launched in March investigation On various social media platforms, including IMGUR, consider how they use children’s data, and protect the privacy of the palace in the country.

Organizer He said On Tuesday, it reached temporary results in the investigation, and the mother company of IMGUR, Mediab Ai, had informed, earlier this month that it intends to impose a fine. The organizer said that IMGUR’s decision to restrict the country’s arrival was “a commercial decision made by the company.”

“The results we have reached temporary and ICO carefully considers any representations from Mediab before making a final decision whether a cash penalty will be issued,” Tim Capel, the temporary executive director of the ICO organizational supervision, said in a statement. “We were clear that leaving the UK does not allow the institution to avoid responsibility for any prior violation of the Data Protection Law, and our investigation is still continuing.”

ICO said its update was provided “to give clarity in our investigation, and we will not provide any other details at this time.”

IMGUR and its mother company Mediab AI did not respond to a request to comment immediately.

IMGur was founded in 2009, and soon rose to the lead as a service to host the favorite Reddit images, and today it has a huge community. The site was more than 195 million visits in August, for each Simrosh.