Ireland: WhatsApp yapigwa faini ya Euro Milioni 225 kwa kuvunja Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Data Binafsi

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Mtandao wa WhatsApp umetakiwa kulipa Euro Milioni 225 kwa kuvunja Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Data Binafsi ya Umoja wa Ulaya (EU) kwa kutowaambia Watumiaji wake jinsi inavyotumia Taarifa zao

Tume ya Ulinzi wa Data ya Ireland imesema imebaini ukiukwaji katika namna ambayo WhatsApp ilielezea jinsi inavyochakata Data na namna zinavyotumika kati Mtandao huo na Kampuni zingine za Facebook

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WhatsApp has been fined €225m for breaking the EU’s data privacy law by not telling its users how it was sharing their data with its parent company Facebook.

In one of the biggest fines relating to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Irish data regulator applied a penalty more than four times the level it had initially proposed for the messaging service after coming under pressure from other European countries.

The WhatsApp ruling came after Luxembourg fined Amazon a record €746m in July for breaching GDPR and Ireland fined Twitter €450m in December for not informing regulators about a data leak within 72 hours.

The Irish Data Protection Commission has more than two dozen ongoing investigations into big tech companies. Amazon has said it will appeal against its fine.

In its ruling after a two-year investigation, Ireland also ordered WhatsApp Ireland to take action to bring its data sharing with Facebook in line with GDPR. WhatsApp was heavily criticised earlier this year for requiring that its users agree to share their personal data, including their phone number, with Facebook.

In July, the European Data Protection Boardcalled for WhatsApp’s data sharing practices with its parent company to be investigated “as a matter of priority”.

WhatsApp attacked the fine, saying it had complied with transparency requirements in 2018. “The penalties are entirely disproportionate. We will appeal [against] this decision,” the company said.

The Irish authority had originally asked WhatsApp for a €50m fine for breaking GDPR but it quickly came under pressure from other data protection agencies pushing for a stiffer penalty.

In March, Germany’s chief data protection watchdog, Ulrich Kelber, wrote to members of the European Parliament to highlight a lack of action from the Irish authority on GDPR abuses.

In his letter he said Germany alone had “sent more than 50 complaints about WhatsApp” to Dublin, “none of which had been closed to date”.

WhatsApp said it was “committed to providing a secure and private service.” It added: “We have worked to ensure the information we provide is transparent and comprehensive and will continue to do so.”

Source: Financial Times

 

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Data mining inazitajirisha sana kampuni za fb na goole hawawezi acha chota data za watumiaji kwa kiwango kinachopitiliza hata wapigwe faini gani.

 

[Retired]

Data mining inazitajirisha sana kampuni za fb na goole hawawezi acha chota data za watumiaji kwa kiwango kinachopitiliza hata wapigwe faini gani.

nielimishe, data kama zipi, mfano mmoja wanavyoiba na kuzitumia

 

[kingiti]

Waziri wetu wa fedha aangalie vyanzo vingine vya mapato ni hawa big-tech na hasa WhatsApp+Facebook+Google

 

[thesym]

nielimishe, data kama zipi, mfano mmoja wanavyoiba na kuzitumia

Hawaibii data ila wanahitaji taarifa ya kila unachokifanya pale unapotumia service zao. Soma terms and condition zao utafahamu kiundani

Kwa mfano, hizi big tech huchukua taarifa za eneo ulipo wakati utumiapo huduma na kuhifadhi kwenye server, lakini Pia vitu unavyoviandika wakati unagoogle vinahifadhiwa.

Data wanaziuza Kwa watu wanaonunua ads(matangazo). Kwa mfano unaweza chagua mkoa unazitaka tangazo lako lionekane FB.

Google unanunua keywords, Kwa mfano mi kama ni muuzaji WA simu za tekno, nitataka tangazo lionekanekane pale mtu aki-search Google Nemo "simu nzuri za tecno".

Google Pia inanipa nafasi ya kujua idadi ya watu wanaoandika Neno "simu nzuri za tecno" kila mwezi.

Hizi ni data chache lakini Pia wanatrack jinsi unavyo-interact na page.

Kukusanya taarifa ni Sawa Kwa sababu tunatumia huduma zao bure lakini kuna Ile kupitiliza.

Hujawahi ona wakati mwingine bando lako linaenda kusiko kawaida?

 

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nielimishe, data kama zipi, mfano mmoja wanavyoiba na kuzitumia

Ninahisi ni kutoa namba za simu wafanya biashara kama insurance, maana wanapiga sana simu na huelewi kwalipataje namba yako.

 

[Samcezar]

Waziri wetu wa fedha aangalie vyanzo vingine vya mapato ni hawa big-tech na hasa WhatsApp+Facebook+Google

Ni waziri wako sio wetu. As far as the word Government is concerned, hapa tz hatuna Government....