Ireland shakes up GDPR enforcement with $267M fine against WhatsApp
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Jaclyn Jaeger2021-09-02T19:42:00
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission announced a record-breaking €225 million (U.S. $267 million) fine against WhatsApp that is equally significant for the compliance lessons it imparts and inconsistency of the GDPR it exposes.
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