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Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2025
Ireland’s DPC fined TikTok €530M for sending EU user data to China

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok €530M for violating data rules by sending European user data to China. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined the popular video-sharing platform TikTok €530 million for violating data laws by transferring data belonging to European users to China. TikTok violated GDPR by transferring EEA user data to China […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2023
TikTok fined €345M by Irish DPC for violating children’s privacy

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok €345 million ($368 million) for violating the privacy of children. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined TikTok €345 million for violating children’s privacy. The Irish data regulators discovered that the popular video-sharing app allowed adults to send direct messages to certain teenagers who have no family […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2023
The Irish DPC fined WhatsApp €5.5M for violating GDPR

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta’s WhatsApp €5.5 million for violating data protection laws. The popular messaging app WhatsApp has been fined €5.5m by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The DPC has given six months to the Meta-owned company to bring its data processing […]