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general data privacy regulation (gdpr)
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Irish privacy watchdog fine WhatsApp €5.5 million for violating GDPR
Watchdog slaps WhatsApp with R103-million fine The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped WhatsApp Ireland with a €5.5 million (R103 million) fine for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations, Bleeping Computer reports. The fine relates to violations of Article 6 of the...- Jan
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Irish regulator fines Instagram 405 million euros
Instagram slapped with R6.9 billion fine Meta Platforms has been fined €405 million (R6.9 billion) by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) over how it handles teenagers' data, The Verge reports. The ruling and fine were finalised on Friday, 2 September 2022, after a two-year...- Jan
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UK to kill "irritating" cookie pop-ups in Brexit data plan
UK to ditch "irritating" cookie pop-ups thanks to Brexit The UK set out a plan to roll back data protection obligations and cookie consent boxes in an attempt to boost business and research. A planned Data Reform Bill will cut “burdens on businesses to deliver around £1 billion ($1.23 billion)...- Jan
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WhatsApp gets 225 million-euro fine for violating GDPR
WhatsApp slapped with R4 billion fine Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp was ordered to pay a 225 million-euro (R4 billion) penalty for failing to be transparent about how it handled personal information, its first fine under beefed-up European Union data protection law. The Irish Data Protection...- Jan
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