Since Facebook got its hands on WhatsApp special database back in 2014, the famous messaging app has invariably remained in the eye of the hurricane special database due to its lax protection policy for many (that's how many judge it at least). And there must be some laxity on data protection on the part of WhatsApp because the Irish Data Protection special database Commission ( DPC ) has imposed a record fine of 225 million euros (about 267 million euros) on the Facebook subsidiary. of dollars). The sanction anchors WhatsApp's breach of the EU's General Data
Protection Regulation, as the app has not special database bothered to inform its users how it shares information with Facebook. The investigation special database from which this fine derives began in 2018 with the ultimate goal of determining whether the special database application "fulfilled its transparency obligations" when informing its users how it uses their data. Initially, the DPC was considering a much smaller sanction (about 50 million euros) , but finally this has been
raised significantly after the regulatory special database authorities of other EU countries blamed Ireland for its little hard hand with WhatsApp, whose parent Facebook is based precisely in this country. In any case, we are facing the most onerous sanction special database ever imposed by the DPC and one of the highest processed within the European Union in special database relation to compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD). The DPC would have