[kictanet] Fwd: [Internet Policy] WhatsApp fined a record 225 mln euro by Ireland over privacy

[James Mbugua]

The fines under our DPA are not big.

On Tue, 7 Sep 2021, 08:11 Barrack Otieno via KICTANet, <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers,
>
> Are we likely to see more of this locally once the office of the Data
> Protection Commissioner settles?
>
> Best Regards
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: Richard Hill via InternetPolicy <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>
> Date: Sat, Sep 4, 2021 at 7:34 PM
> Subject: [Internet Policy] WhatsApp fined a record 225 mln euro by Ireland
> over privacy
> To: <internetpolicy at elists.isoc.org>
>
>
>
>
> https://www.reuters.com/technology/irish-data-privacy-watchdog-fines-whatsap
> p-225-mln-euros-2021-09-02/
> <https://www.reuters.com/technology/irish-data-privacy-watchdog-fines-whatsapp-225-mln-euros-2021-09-02/>
>
> Here are the first two paragraphs of the article:
>
> "DUBLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Facebook's (FB.O) WhatsApp was fined a record
> 225 million euro ($266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on
> Thursday after the EU privacy watchdog pressured Ireland to raise the
> penalty for the company's privacy breaches.
>
> "WhatsApp said the fine was "entirely disproportionate" and that it would
> appeal. Still, the Irish fine is significantly less than the record $886.6
> million euro fine meted out to Amazon by the Luxembourg privacy agency in
> July."
>
> Best,
> Richard
>
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