KVKK Fined WhatsApp 1 million 950 Thousand TL

KVKK fined WhatsApp 1 million 950 thousand TL. The penalty was given because technical and administrative measures were not taken.

An administrative fine of 1 million 950 thousand TL was imposed on WhatsApp by the Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) for not taking the necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent the unlawful processing of personal data. Yesterday, the online messaging app WhatsApp, acquired by Facebook in 2014, was fined $267 million by the Irish Data Protection Commission for failing to provide EU citizens with enough information about what they were doing with their data. In the statement made by the Irish regulatory agency, it was stated that the WhatsApp application did not provide sufficient information on how Europeans collect and store personal information and data sharing with Facebook. The agency warned that WhatsApp should review its privacy policy and communications with users and align it with Europe's privacy laws.