WhatsApp: Fine of € 225 million for violating the GDPR

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WhatsApp data transparency sharing

According to Financial TimesThe Irish Data Protection Commission imposed a fine 225 million ($ 266,8 million) at WhatsApp, because does not provide sufficient information on how European Union users’ data is shared with Facebook. In effect, the fine was imposed because WhatsApp, Facebook’s most popular messaging service, did not comply with the transparency obligations set out in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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