Meta's WhatsApp fined 5.5 mln euro by lead EU privacy regulator

Meta’s WhatsApp fined $5.95 million by lead EU privacy regulator

Meta's WhatsApp was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) by Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner

Meta's Whatsapp fined €5.5m by lead EU privacy regulator

Meta’s Whatsapp subsidiary was fined €5.5m (£4.8m) on Thursday by Ireland’s Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead EU privacy regulator, for an additional breach of the bloc’s privacy laws. The DPC also told Whatsapp to reassess how it uses personal data for service improvements following a similar order it issued this month to Meta’s other main platforms, Facebook and Instagram, which stated Meta must reassess the legal basis upon which it t…

Ireland's WhatsApp penalty highlights EU privacy turmoil

Ireland fined WhatsApp for breaching strict European Union privacy rules in a case that has exposed divisions among EU watchdogs over how to regulate its parent company, Meta. The chat app was ordered to pay 5.5 million euros ($5.9 million) Thursday by the Data Protection Commission for forcing users to allow personal data to be used to provide “service improvements and security” - but only after some of its European counterparts balked at its i…

Meta slapped with 5.5 million euro fine for EU data breach

DPC gave Meta six months to bring its data operations into compliance

Millions of euros fined to WhatsApp for data breach

Millions of euros fined to WhatsApp for data breach — Messaging app WhatsApp has been fined 5.5 million euros for breaching European Union (EU) data privacy.

WhatsApp fined 5.5m euro by Ireland’s data watchdog

WhatsApp has been fined more than five million euro by Ireland’s data watchdog over data protection breaches.