Ireland: Issued EU Court of Justice decision dismissing WhatsApp appeal of EUR 225 million fine adopted by EDPB

On 7 December 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a statement dismissing an action brought by WhatsApp against a decision of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) from 28 July 2021, in a matter referred by the Irish supervisory authority, which found that WhatsApp had incurred in violations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), leading to the application of corrective measures and a fine of EUR 225 million. In particular, the Court dismissed the action as inadmissible on the grounds that it is not directed against an Act that is open to challenge and that WhatsApp is not directly concerned by the contested decision.