HmbBfDI (Hamburg) · 11 May 2021

Facebook Ireland Ltd.

About: Unlawful processing

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Regulator: HmbBfDI (Hamburg)
Decided: 11 May 2021
Country: Germany
Sector: Not given
Regulator’s reference: Facebook/WhatsApp
Fino case number: 2021/DE/054

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What happened

The Hamburg DPA (HmbBfDI) issued an order under the GDPR's urgency procedure prohibiting Facebook Ireland Ltd. from processing personal data from WhatsApp for its own purposes. The order is immediately enforceable.

Summary from GDPRhub (noyb), written by its volunteers, not by Fino. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Rules involved

Art. 6Lawfulness of processingRead →

Unlawful processing

How big is it?

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Same company

19 decisions against Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, €2.72 billion in fines.

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Same group: Meta

27 decisions against 4 companies in the group, €3.36 billion in fines.

Meta Platforms, Inc. (US parent), Meta Platforms Ireland (EU headquarters, formerly Facebook Ireland); Instagram and WhatsApp are Meta companies.

Meta Platforms Ireland LimitedDecisions in European Union, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain · 19 decisions€2,724,000,000
Meta Platforms Inc.Decisions in Austria, Ireland · 2 decisions€405,000,000
WhatsApp Ireland Ltd.Decisions in European Union, Ireland · 5 decisions€230,500,000
Facebook Germany GmbHDecisions in Germany · 1 decision€51,000

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