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Implications of Irish SA and EDPB WhatsApp decisions on privacy notices

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Published on: 06 October 2021

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Information Law analysis: Miriam Everett, partner, Angela Chow, senior associate, and Kabir Hosein, trainee, at Herbert Smith Freehills discuss the Irish Supervisory Authority’s (SA) and the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) decision regarding WhatsApp Ireland Ltd’s privacy notice and the EDPB’s request that the Irish SA increase the fine (ultimately €225m) imposed on the company in its final decision handed down on 2 September 2021. They look at how the decisions may influence future regulation of privacy notices in the EU and the UK, consider how privacy notices may change in light of it and provide views on what lawyers drafting privacy notices should be aware of.

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