Ireland's Data Protection Commission completed its inquiry into Meta platform’s WhatsApp Ireland and fined the company 5.5 million euros related to transparency and forcing users to consent to the processing of their data in the Terms of Service.
The DPC found WhatsApp was in breach of “its obligations in relation to transparency" because "information in relation to the legal basis relied on by WhatsApp Ireland was not clearly outlined to users, with the result that users had insufficient clarity as to what processing operations were being carried out on their personal data, for what purpose, and by reference to which of the six legal bases identified in Article 6 of the" EU General Data Protection Regulation, according to the DPC press release. The DPC found the lack of transparency did not meet Articles 12 and 13(1)(c) of the GDPR.
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