Last week, data protection commissioner Helen Dixon imposed a record €225 million fine on WhatsApp for “severe” breaches of privacy laws. The fine was lower than what the Facebook-owned messaging company had anticipated, even after European regulators directed the commissioner to radically increase the penalty. Nonetheless, WhatsApp is not taking the fine lying down, and said immediately it intended to challenge the decision. True to its word, the company has now initiated legal proceedings in the High Court in Dublin against the Data Protection Commission, the Attorney General and Ireland itself. WhatsApp is seeking a judicial review of the fine…

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