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Irish WhatsApp privacy probe set for decisive vote by EU watchdogs tomorrow

By Vesela Gladicheva ( July 27, 2021, 10:17 GMT | Insight) -- Facebook's messaging service, WhatsApp, will soon learn the amount of a multimillion-euro fine, after EU privacy regulators vote tomorrow on a final resolution to the Irish Data Protection Commission’s transparency probe into the company. The regulator must adopt the decision within a month. It’s only the second time the watchdogs will use this dispute-resolution mechanism for any EU-wide investigation since the GDPR entered into force in 2018.Facebook's messaging service, WhatsApp, will soon learn the amount of a multimillion-euro fine stemming from an Irish transparency probe after EU privacy regulators vote tomorrow on a final resolution to the case. ...

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