Messaging service WhatsApp has launched a High Court appeal against the latest €5.5 million fine for privacy infringements handed down by the Data Protection Commission last month. The penalty followed the conclusion of a trio of GDPR inquiries launched in 2018 into Meta-owned platforms Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp arising from complaints filed by data and privacy rights activist Max Schrems’ not-for-profit group None of Your Business (Noyb). Under the one-stop shop system of Europe’s privacy and data safety framework, it falls to the DPC to supervise some of the largest tech firms in the world because they have their EU…

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