The Data Protection Commission announced the conclusion of an inquiry into the processing carried out by WhatsApp Ireland Limited in connection with the delivery of its WhatsApp service, in which it has fined WhatsApp Ireland EUR 5.5M for breaches of the GDPR relating to its service. WhatsApp Ireland has also been directed to bring its data processing operations into compliance within a period of six months. The inquiry concerned a complaint made on May 25, 2018 by a German data subject about the WhatsApp service.
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