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WhatsApp is to allow users to leave group chats without notifying others and control who can see when they are online as part of a privacy update to the messaging app. As part of the update, which is rolling out this month, users will also be given ...

09 Aug 2022 at 10:26

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18 Sept 2022 at 23:45

National News

Irish data protection watchdog defends handling of social media investigations

Ireland’s data protection watchdog has defended its stance and the pace of its investigations into breaches by social media giants. Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon said the long-running criticisms are “becoming old news”. Ireland’s ...

15 Sept 2022 at 10:24

Arts & Entertainment

WhatsApp introduces new feature to combat internet shutdowns

WhatsApp will allow users to connect to the messaging app via proxy servers for the first time to allow users to stay online even when an internet shutdown or block is in place. The Meta-owned site said it had taken the decision in ...

05 Jan 2023 at 16:52

National News

WhatsApp Ireland given permission to challenge DPC decision to fine social media provider €225m

The European arm of WhatsApp has secured permission from a High Court judge to challenge the Data Protection Commission's decision to fine it €225m. The fine was handed out by the DPC last August after it held that the messaging ...

08 Nov 2021 at 18:18

Local News

WhatsApp challenges €225 million fine

WhatsApp has issued legal proceedings challenging the €225m fine it was hit with by Ireland’s data watchdog for breaching privacy regulations. The penalty, which was announced earlier this month, was the largest ever handed ...

16 Sept 2021 at 16:59

Local News

Whatsapp challenges €225 million fine

16 Sept 2021 at 16:30

National News

Wow! Huge fine slapped on Whatsapp by data protection watchdog

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed its largest ever fine on the popular messaging service, WhatsApp Ireland, to the tune of €225m. The DPC, which acts as the lead supervisory authority for WhatsApp ...

02 Sept 2021 at 14:55

Arts & Entertainment

WhatsApp launches new password protected feature

WhatsApp users will be able to guard their “most intimate conversations” with a new password protected feature to hide messages, parent company Meta has said. Chat Lock will allow individuals to “lock and hide” ...

16 May 2023 at 09:21

National News

'Greater transparency' on WhatsApp terms of service welcomed

What has been described as work which will "ensure greater transparency" in WhasApp terms of service has been welcomed by a Government Minister. Minister for Trade Promotion and Digital Transformation, Dara ...

06 Mar 2023 at 15:55

National News

WhatsApp report fix after crash hit thousands of people in Ireland

WhatsApp crashed for upwards of 10,000 people in Ireland on July 19 but the company says its fixed the problem. According to Downdetector.ie, 10,887 outages were reported by people in Ireland at ...

20 Jul 2023 at 10:10

National News

WhatsApp fined €5.5m by Ireland’s data watchdog

WhatsApp has been hit with a €5.5 million fine by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaches of the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) rules. The penalty was described as ...

19 Jan 2023 at 15:20

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