TechBookyBusiness
No Result
View All Result
Friday, July 1, 2022
  • Login
  • Home
  • TechBooky
  • Africa
  • TV
  • Startup
  • Earnings
  • Crypto Price
  • Submit Article
  • Contact Us
  • About Us
Subscribe
TechBooky Business
No Result
View All Result
Home Government

WhatsApp Gets Fined $266 Million By Irish Regulator Over Data Privacy Concerns

Ibhadojemu Lucky Emmanuel by Ibhadojemu Lucky Emmanuel
September 2, 2021
in Government, internet
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

On Thursday, Irish regulator – The Data Protection Commission (DPC) hit messaging app WhatsApp with a fine of 225 million euros, the equivalent of $266 million. The instant messaging app received the punitive fine out of concerns that it is sharing personal data with other Facebook apps. The conclusion was arrived at after the country’s regulator’s inquiry into the messaging app’s transparency.

WhatsApp revealed that it would appeal and thinks that the $266 million fine against it was “entirely disproportionate”.

According to the regulator, the charges against WhatsApp go as far back as 2018. The charges are also related to whether the instant messaging app followed through with the data rules about transparency set by the European Union in 2018. An official statement from the Irish regulator said that “this includes information provided to data subjects about the processing of information between WhatsApp and other Facebook companies”.

A statement by a WhatsApp spokesperson said that the company” is committed to providing a secure and private service. We have worked to ensure the information we provide is transparent and comprehensive and will continue to do so. We disagree with the decision today regarding the transparency we provided to people in 2018 and the penalties are entirely disproportionate”.

In the past, the DPC has received major criticisms from other European regulators. The DPC was deemed too slow in making its decisions concerning tech giants and not adequately fining them.

The DPC started its inquiry into WhatsApp’s transparency and data privacy policies in December of 2018. This came after a request from the European Data Protection Board requiring the Irish regulator to reassess and increase its proposed fine based on several quite lengthy factors. “Following this reassessment the DPC has imposed a fine of 225 million euros on WhatsApp”, the DPC revealed.

So far, the Irish regulator has had 14 major inquiries into Facebook and all its subsidiaries. This year alone, WhatsApp has been in many “fights” with regulators. The company was in a “brawl” with the Indian Government over the data privacy policy update it released this year. The company has seen its competitors leverage on many of its “misfortunes”.

Total
0
Shares
Share 0
Tweet 0
Pin it 0
Share 0

Related Posts:

  • WhatsApp Users May Soon Be Able To Change Colours, Says Tweet
    WhatsApp Users May Soon Be Able To Change Colours, Says…
  • WhatsApp: Report Claims That Global Installs Have Fallen By Over 40%
    WhatsApp: Report Claims That Global Installs Have Fallen By…
  • WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Will Take Effect From Next Week, Here’s All You Need To Know
    WhatsApp’s New Privacy Policy Will Take Effect From Next…
  • For The First Time Ever, Telegram Becomes The Most Downloaded Messaging App In Russia, Overtakes WhatsApp
    For The First Time Ever, Telegram Becomes The Most…
  • Mastercard And Four Other Payment Companies Fined For Cartel Behavior Involving Prepaid Cards By UK's Payment Regulator
    Mastercard And Four Other Payment Companies Fined For Cartel…
  • WhatsApp Makes U-turn, Will No Longer Force Users To Accept Its Privacy Policy
    WhatsApp Makes U-turn, Will No Longer Force Users To Accept…
  • Facebook And Google Fined For Failure To Adhere To Cookie Consent Rule By French Regulator
    Facebook And Google Fined For Failure To Adhere To Cookie…
  • Meta To Pay $2 Million Fine In The UK
    Meta To Pay $2 Million Fine In The UK
Tags: DPCeufineirelandregulatorwhatsapp
Previous Post

VanMoof Set To Become The World’s Leading E-bike Brand After Raising $128 Million In Series C Round

Next Post

Nigeria’s Bumpa Ends Pre-seed Round With $200,000 Fund, Wants To Provide Better Services For Merchants

Next Post

Nigeria's Bumpa Ends Pre-seed Round With $200,000 Fund, Wants To Provide Better Services For Merchants

No Result
View All Result

Get top tech business news in your inbox

subscription from
Loading

Crypto Price List

  • USD
  • EUR
  • GPB
  • AUD
  • JPY
  • TadpoleTadpole(TAD)
    $7.32-1.74%
  • SEENSEEN(SEEN)
    $2.05-2.27%
  • EvedoEvedo(EVED)
    $0.082301-0.80%
  • MarginswapMarginswap(MFI)
    $0.184213-2.11%
  • SakeTokenSakeToken(SAKE)
    $0.0127135.28%
  • WTF TokenWTF Token(WTF)
    $0.0113500.17%
  • BNSD FinanceBNSD Finance(BNSD)
    $0.005461-5.83%
  • RobotinaRobotina(ROX)
    $0.00266138.50%
  • CageCage(C4G3)
    $0.005010-3.67%
  • YAM v2YAM v2(YAMV2)
    $4.70-1.41%

Recent Posts

  • June Was Bitcoin’s Worst Month On Record After The Flagship Crypto Lost 40 Percent Of Its Value
  • Nigerian Mobility Startup Moove Gets $20 Million From The UK Government’s Development Finance Institution – British International Investment (BII)
  • Morocco Wants To Regulate Cryptocurrencies, Introduces New Crypto Bill
  • South African Fintech Sava Secures $2 Million In Pre-seed Funding
  • Snapchat Launches Its Paid Subscription Plan Snapchat Plus

Categories

  • Acquisition
  • Acquisition & Merger
  • App
  • Banking
  • Capital
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Earnings
  • Ecommerce
  • Economy
  • Enterprise
  • Event
  • Funding
  • Gadget
  • Government
  • internet
  • Investment
  • Market
  • Merger
  • Money
  • Partnership
  • Personnel
  • Service
  • Social Media
  • Startup
  • Stocks
  • telecom
  • Venture Capital

Get top tech business news in your inbox

subscription from
Loading

Popular Tags

Acquisition africa amazon apple bitcoin cbn china coinbase company crypto cryptocurrency e-commerce earnings earnings season elon musk facebook fintech Funding gadget google government india internet Investment ipo kenya microsoft money netflix nigeria payment payments Q1 revenue russia service shares social media Startup Stock tech tesla twitter Ukraine whatsapp

Calendar

July 2022
M T W T F S S
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
« Jun    

Categories

  • Acquisition
  • Acquisition & Merger
  • App
  • Banking
  • Capital
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Earnings
  • Ecommerce
  • Economy
  • Enterprise
  • Event
  • Funding
  • Gadget
  • Government
  • internet
  • Investment
  • Market
  • Merger
  • Money
  • Partnership
  • Personnel
  • Service
  • Social Media
  • Startup
  • Stocks
  • telecom
  • Venture Capital

Recent News

  • June Was Bitcoin’s Worst Month On Record After The Flagship Crypto Lost 40 Percent Of Its Value
  • Nigerian Mobility Startup Moove Gets $20 Million From The UK Government’s Development Finance Institution – British International Investment (BII)
  • Morocco Wants To Regulate Cryptocurrencies, Introduces New Crypto Bill
  • South African Fintech Sava Secures $2 Million In Pre-seed Funding
  • Snapchat Launches Its Paid Subscription Plan Snapchat Plus
  • Taiwan’s Central Bank Is Working On A Government-run Digital Currency

© 2021 Techbooky Business - Design by Techbookyelite.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • TechBooky
  • Africa
  • TV
  • Startup
  • Earnings
  • Crypto Price
  • Submit Article
  • Contact Us
  • About Us

© 2021 Techbooky Business - Design by Techbookyelite.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
  • bitcoinBitcoin(BTC)$19,310.100.89%
  • ethereumEthereum(ETH)$1,058.372.86%
  • tetherTether(USDT)$1.00-0.20%
  • usd-coinUSD Coin(USDC)$1.000.04%
  • binancecoinBNB(BNB)$214.971.16%
  • Binance USDBinance USD(BUSD)$1.00-0.06%
  • rippleXRP(XRP)$0.312846-0.22%
  • cardanoCardano(ADA)$0.4464590.18%
  • SolanaSolana(SOL)$32.420.96%
  • dogecoinDogecoin(DOGE)$0.0654130.24%
  • polkadotPolkadot(DOT)$6.71-1.54%
  • Shiba InuShiba Inu(SHIB)$0.000010-1.21%
  • AvalancheAvalanche(AVAX)$15.96-2.42%
  • matic-networkPolygon(MATIC)$0.4564261.55%
  • Terra Luna ClassicTerra Luna Classic(LUNC)$0.000071-5.36%
Posting....