The fine follows a trend toward increasing penalties in the GDPR data protection arena, signaling that data protection will be an increasingly crucial area in which law firms should invest resources.
September 02, 2021 at 07:56 PM
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Correspondent, Düsseldorf
Ireland’s data protection authority, considered by some to be one of the laxer offices in Europe, has now scaled up its data protection with a €225 million fine against the WhatsApp messaging app owned by Facebook Inc.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the decision Thursday, the result of a four-year-long investigation, and reflects a shift toward increasing data regulator activity a month after Luxembourg slapped a record-breaking €746 million fine on Amazon.
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