DUBLIN (Reuters) - Meta's WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) on Thursday by Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC) for.
Meta's (META.O) WhatsApp subsidiary was fined 5.5 million euros ($5.95 million) on Thursday by Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC), its lead EU privacy regulator, for an additional breach of the bloc's privacy laws.
The decision by Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC) found that Meta had illegally forced users to accept personalized ads by placing the legal consent within the terms of service.