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Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been fined \u20ac225 million (US$267 million) for breaking the European Union\u2019s data privacy rules. Ireland\u2019s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the decision in an 89-page summary (PDF), noting that WhatsApp did not properly inform EU citizens how it handles their personal data, including how it shares that information with its parent company.<\/p>\n

WhatsApp has been ordered to make updates to its already lengthy privacy policy and change how it notifies users about sharing their data. This will bring it into compliance with Europe\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which governs how tech companies gather and use data in the EU.<\/p>\n

GDPR came into effect in May of 2018, and WhatsApp was one of the first companies to be hit with privacy lawsuits under the regulation. A WhatsApp spokesperson said in an email to The Verge that the company will appeal the decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatsApp is committed to providing a secure and private service. We have worked to ensure the information we provide is transparent and comprehensive and will continue to do so,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWe disagree with the decision today regarding the transparency we provided to people in 2018 and the penalties are entirely disproportionate.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision by the DPC began with an investigation in 2018 and is the second-largest fine levied under GDPR regulations. In July this year, Amazon was fined a record US$887 million for breaching the EU privacy laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been fined \u20ac225 million (US$267 million) for breaking the European Union\u2019s data privacy rules. Ireland\u2019s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced the decision in an 89-page summary (PDF), noting that WhatsApp did not properly inform EU citizens how it handles their personal data, including how it shares that information with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,31],"tags":[760,763,1100,1101,758],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-breaching","tag-privacy-law","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nWhatsApp Fined US$267M For Breaching EU Privacy Law - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been fined \u20ac225 million (US$267 million) for breaking the European Union\u2019s data privacy rule ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WhatsApp Fined US$267M For Breaching EU Privacy Law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been fined \u20ac225 million (US$267 million) for breaking the European Union\u2019s data privacy rule ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-03T07:20:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-09-03T07:53:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2021\/09\/img-6131d443c8b32.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"WhatsApp Fined US$267M For Breaching EU Privacy Law\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-03T07:20:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-09-03T07:53:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law\"},\"wordCount\":246,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2021\/09\/img-6131d443c8b32.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"Breaching\",\"Privacy Law\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Miscellaneous\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/whatsapp-fined-us267m-for-breaching-eu-privacy-law\",\"name\":\"WhatsApp Fined US$267M For Breaching EU Privacy Law - 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