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2021-09-03
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Facebook’s WhatsApp Fined Around $270 Million for EU Privacy Violations
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It came as part of a decision that found WhatsApp didn’t live up to requirements to tell Europeans how their personal information is gathered and used, including regarding the sharing of their information with other Facebook units.\nAs part of the decision, regulators gave WhatsApp three months to bring its communication with users into compliance with several provisions of Europe’s privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation, which regulators began enforcing in mid-2018. That includes reorganizing and clarifying parts of its privacy policies and creating prominent notices for nonusers that their phone numbers may be uploaded to the app by their contacts.\nA spokesman for WhatsApp said it would appeal. “We disagree with the decision today regarding the transparency we provided to people in 2018 and the penalties are entirely disproportionate,” the spokesman said, adding that the unit “has worked to ensure the information we provide is transparent and comprehensive.”\nUnder the GDPR, Thursday’s decision can be appealed in Irish courts, but also directly with the EU’s Court of Justice, because it was made based on a vote of a board representing all EU privacy regulators.\nThe WhatsApp decision is the latest in a wave of enforcement from EU regulators and comes after activists have complained that Europe’s application of GDPR has been too slow and weak. 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