The "ax" proves to be heavy for her WhatsApp belonging to Facebook as it was imposed on her a fine of EUR 225 million by the Irish authorities for breach of EU privacy policy.
Η Irish Data Protection Committee said on Thursday that the WhatsApp failed to document what makes the data of citizens of the European Union, but also how their personal data is collected, as well as how WhatsApp shares data with Facebook.
So he has given an orderor WhatsApp to modify privacy policies and how to communicate with users to comply with European privacy law.
A WhatsApp spokesman told CNBC that the company plans to appeal the decision. «WhatsApp is committed to providing a secure and private service", he said. «We have worked to ensure that the information we provide is transparent and comprehensive and we will continue to do so. We disagree with the decision and the penalties are completely disproportionate", The spokesman added.
The fine WhatsApp is the largest sentence imposed by the Irish regulator for its violations General Data Protection Regulation of Europe or the GDPR.
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