WhatsApp’s expected the DPC fine to be higher than €225m

15/09/2021 | The Irish Times

Newly filed accounts filed in Dublin reveal that the Irish subsidiary of WhatsApp’s estimated that it would receive a fine from the Data Protection Commission over data sharing transparency of between €245 million and €250 million. This is an increase from the original estimate that the penalty would be in the €35 million to €105 million range.

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