The Irish Data Protection Commission – Silicon Valley’s main privacy watchdog in Europe – said it found violations in the way WhatsApp explained how it processed users’ and non-users’ data, as well as how data was shared between WhatsApp and other Facebook companies. — Reuters
Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp was ordered to pay a €225mil (Us$266mil or RM1.10bil) penalty for failing to be transparent about how it handled personal information, its first fine under beefed-up European Union data protection law.
The Irish Data Protection Commission – Silicon Valley’s main privacy watchdog in Europe – said it found violations in the way WhatsApp explained how it processed users’ and non-users’ data, as well as how data was shared between WhatsApp and other Facebook companies.
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