Posts tagged #whatsapp
All PostsOGH Recognises WhatsApp Marriage
Civil LawA long-distance marriage ceremony in which the free will of the parties involved is not in doubt does not violate fundamental tenets of Austrian law. The plaintiff and the defendant are Iranian nationals who had a long-term relationship. Before the d...
HG Wien: Terms of use of WhatsApp are targeted
Civil LawThe Austrian Association for Consumer Information (Verein für Konsumenteninformation, VKI) took the operator of the well-known messaging service "WhatsApp" to the Vienna Commercial Court (Handelsgericht Wien, HG Wien) because of some of its terms of ...
Irish Data Protection Authority orders EUR 225 million fine on WhatsApp
The Irish Data Protection Authority imposed a fine of EUR 225 million on the messenger service WhatsApp for a breach of the General Data Protection Regulation (Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, DS-GVO). In 2018, the Irish Data Protection Authority began i...