WhatsApp fined almost $6M by Ireland privacy regulator for breach of EU law
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Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) WhatsApp was fined $5.95M by Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner on Thursday after the agency ruled the popular messaging platform infringed upon European Union privacy laws.
The agency, also known as the DPC, said WhatsApp Ireland has also been directed to bring its data processing operations into compliance in the next six months.

The fine stems from a 2018 complaint by a German "subject" over how WhatsApp handled data. The complainant said that despite WhatsApp's stated position, the service "was in fact seeking to rely on consent to provide a lawful basis for its processing of usersâ data."
The DPC considered whether the bloc's GDPR privacy law had precluded WhatsApp Irelandâs reliance on the contract legal basis it asserted and found it was not precluded.
Late last month, Meta Platforms (META) reached a deal to pay $725M to settle a class action lawsuit related to its Cambridge Analytica scandal.