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Meta’s €265 million DPC fine appeal adjourned until EU court WhatsApp decision
In the High Court, Justice Garrett Simons noted that the €265 million fine was not legally effective until another EU appeal by WhatsApp was complete
An appeal by Meta, the Facebook parent company, against a €265 million fine from the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has been adjourned by the High Court, pending the outcome of European proceedings on a separate WhatsApp fine.
The DPC imposed the order on the social media giant in 2022, after data relating to over half a billion users was leaked online the year before.
In 2021, the DPC imposed a €225 million fine on WhatsApp ...