Irish privacy regulator to take European Union body to court over unlawful interference

The Republic of Ireland’s privacy regulator announced on Thursday that it would be taking the European Union’s data protection board to court to challenge what it says is unlawful interference.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) made its complaint about the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) alongside an announcement that it had concluded a five-year investigation into WhatsApp.

At the end of that investigation, WhatsApp was fined €5.5 million (about $6 million) for breaches of the European Union’s General Data Protection …

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