Pakistan, Feb. 10 -- WhatsApp has won support from Europe's top court to challenge a $268 million privacy fine imposed by Ireland's data regulator. The ruling could allow other tech companies to contest EU privacy penalties. The fine was increased after complaints about WhatsApp's handling of personal data.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined WhatsApp following complaints and later raised the penalty with intervention from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) in 2021. Meta Platforms, WhatsApp's parent company, initially lost its appeal at a lower tribunal. Judges ruled it had no legal standing to sue the authority.

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However, the Court of Justice of the ...