Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Thursday announced a record-breaking €225 million (U.S. $267 million) fine against WhatsApp Ireland for violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Additionally, the Irish DPC issued a reprimand and ordered WhatsApp, a subsidiary of social media giant Facebook, to bring its data processing practices into compliance by adopting “a range of specified remedial actions.”

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Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...