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> A spokesperson for WhatsApp said: “As the Hamburg DPA’s claims are wrong, the order will not impact the continued roll-out of the update. The amount of Faceb
by hrbf 5y ago
> A spokesperson for WhatsApp said: “As the Hamburg DPA’s claims are wrong, the order will not impact the continued roll-out of the update.
The amount of Facebook’s arrogance at play here is just staggering.
- ab111111111 5y agoQuite. Who are mere German public officials to question the rectitude of an organisation as august as Facebook?
- Graffur 5y agoTo be fair, it seems like the German public office have not done their work and have some thing incorrect. As such, it doesn't apply.
- mrjin 5y agoThat's simply because the penalty of violating the law is no more than a breeze in comparison to their revenue.
- klaustopher 5y agoThe fee is up to 4% of facebooks annual worldwide revenue ... That would be ~2bn $
- qznc 5y agoSo far the responsible DPC just ignores the complaints though: https://noyb.eu/en/irish-dpc-handles-9993-gdpr-complaints-without-decision https://noyb.eu/en/irish-dpc-handles-9993-gdpr-complaints-wi...
- jazu 5y agoThat German authority interprets the law in some way, Facebook interprets it in some other way. i assume the courts will decide. Seems reasonable to me.
- randomlurking 5y agoWhen it comes to my data, I’d rather not have them use it until forbidden. I want it to be not Used until explicitly allowed