225 million euros fine for WhatsApp

Messenger service WhatsApp must pay a fine of 225 million euros in Ireland, the Irish data protection authority DPC has ruled. The authority is responsible for WhatsApp because its parent company Facebook has its European headquarters in Dublin. Investigations had shown that WhatsApp had violated European data protection guidelines, writes the DPC. The authority accuses WhatsApp of lacking transparency – among other things, about which data would be passed on to other Facebook companies. WhatsApp said it did not agree with the DPC’s decision. The group wants to appeal against it. (swisstxt)