The €225m ($267m) fine was issued by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). The body is Europe’s lead authority for WhatsApp owner Facebook, which has its EU headquarters in Ireland. The DPC said that WhatsApp had infringed the EU’s transparency rules: The watchdog also ordered the company to take “remedial actions” to ensure its data processing complies with the rules. WhatsApp said it would appeal the “entirely disproportionate” fine. Regardless of the final decision, the EU may finally be turning its tough talk on data protection into action. The bloc passed the landmark General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) back in 2018, but critics say it’s been a blunt sword thus far. Greetings Humanoids! Did you know we have a newsletter all about AI? You can subscribe to it right here.
