{"id":696,"date":"2021-09-03T13:37:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T13:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=696"},"modified":"2021-09-03T13:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T13:38:05","slug":"whatsapp-hit-with-record-e225m-fine-for-breaching-eu-privacy-regulations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/whatsapp-hit-with-record-e225m-fine-for-breaching-eu-privacy-regulations\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp hit with record \u20ac225m fine for breaching EU privacy regulations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has been fined a record \u20ac225m (\u00a3193m) after it was found to have breached EU data protection rules.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation by Ireland&#8217;s\u00a0privacy\u00a0watchdog found that the company broke stringent regulations in relation to transparency of data shared with other companies also owned by parent firm\u00a0Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>The Data Protection Commission said on Thursday it was also ordering\u00a0WhatsApp\u00a0to take &#8220;remedial actions&#8221;, so that its processing complies with EU rules.<\/p>\n<p>WhatsApp said the fine was out of proportion, and that it would appeal the decision.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement wraps up an investigation into the messaging service that opened in December 2018, after EU rules known as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect.<\/p>\n<p>The penalty is the second-highest handed out under the GDPR rules to date and the biggest ever issued by the commission in Ireland, beating a \u20ac400,000 (\u00a3344,000) fine given to Twitter for a security breach.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Sky News<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/whatsapp-hit-with-record-eur225m-fine-for-breaching-eu-privacy-regulations-over-how-it-shares-user-data-with-other-facebook-companies-12397536\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp has been fined a record \u20ac225m (\u00a3193m) after it was found to have breached EU data protection rules. 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