WhatsApp Ireland Ltd has filed an appeal with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against the €225 million (approximately $236 million) fine for alleged violations of privacy regulations.

The fine was initially imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) due to WhatsApp’s lack of transparency regarding data transfers to Facebook, its parent company.

The investigation conducted by the Irish Data Protection Commission revealed that WhatsApp had not provided users with sufficient information about data transfers.

The EDPB decided to increase the fine to €225 million and ordered WhatsApp to remedy the violations within three months.

Meta, WhatsApp’s parent company, is currently under pressure across the EU, facing numerous data protection-related fines.

In Ireland, the data protection authority has already issued significant fines to Meta in recent years, including a record fine of €1.2 billion in May 2024. Additionally, a recent ruling by the German Supreme Court has paved the way for compensation claims by users for data breaches involving Facebook.