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You should see it like this: 110 million euros to buy the permission to acquire all the data of all european WhatsApp users. Is this just the fine for lying? O
by nomercy400 9y ago
You should see it like this: 110 million euros to buy the permission to acquire all the data of all european WhatsApp users.
Is this just the fine for lying? Or is this also the fine for combining personal information about european citizens?
If only the fine for lying, then what the EU should do next is investigate the privacy concern. And possibly another fine could be the result of that.
- kbart 9y agoYes, I was shocked that earlier conclusion was left standing. That's like being caught robbing a bank, but let to keep the stolen bags of money and just ordered to pay a parking ticket for a getaway car waiting outside on a sidewalk. That's a very bad precedence and message to future deals, that it's OK to ignore EU laws if you are ready to pay small (comparatively) amount of money for it.
- riffraff 9y agothe merger was approved accounting for user matching ("'even if' assessment that assumed user matching as a possibility"). Knowing this in advance would have not changed the approval from the commission, your comparison is wrong, and it would set a bad precedent only for people who didn't actually read the case.