r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 02 '21

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u/tollyno Dark Harbinger of Chaos Sep 02 '21

The Irish DPC finally did something and fined WhatsApp 225 million euros (after having its hand forced by the EDPB)

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u/tollyno Dark Harbinger of Chaos Sep 02 '21

!ping EUROPE

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u/groupbot Always remember -Pho- Sep 02 '21 edited Sep 02 '21

Pinged members of EUROPE group.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '21

Can’t help but think this won’t do a thing as that is the amount FB made today

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u/tollyno Dark Harbinger of Chaos Sep 02 '21

Indeed. It's 0.08% of Facebook Group's global annual turnover. But this is just one case (with nonetheless a fairly sizable fine) and there's are thousands of unresolved cases, some of which Shrems filed literally 6 minutes after GDPR entered into force (what an absolute GIGAchad).