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Statement: DPC issues € 225 million fine on WhatsApp

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Sep 2, 2021 Source noyb.eu

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Irish DPC issued € 225 million fine against WhatsApp/Facebook Press Release by Irish DPC EDPB Decision (redacted) More Information in First Media Reports Statement by Max Schrems, Chair of noyb.eu Mr Schrems and noyb, as a non-profit organisation, both have a number of pending cases before the DPC (including on WhatsApp) and have been monitoring the situation at the Irish DPC closely since 2011. In a first statement, Max Schrems puts the record fine into perspective: "We welcome the first decision by the Irish regulator. However, the DPC gets about ten thousand complaints per year since 2018 and this is the first major fine. The DPC also proposed an initial € 50 million fine and was forced by the other European data protection authorities to move towards € 225 million, which is still only 0.08% of the turnover of the Facebook Group. The GDPR foresees fines of up to 4% of the turnover. This shows how the DPC is still extremely dysfunctional." noyb will monitor the next steps closely. It

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