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Re:Record €225m fine for WhatsApp Ireland over data protecti... by mrmanner on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:50AM (#28391423)
> In the US a lot of the fine goes back to the prosecuting body.

That's rarely the case in the EU, though.

Re:Record €225m fine for WhatsApp Ireland over data protecti... by WastingMyTime89 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @09:53AM (#28391986)
I think you can swap rarely for never now that's the UK is gone.

Fines are never directly going back to the prosecuting body in the EU and damages are strictly limited to compensatory. Fines just go back to the general budget. I think that's why the EU is generally a lot less litigious than the USA.

Re:Record €225m fine for WhatsApp Ireland over data protecti... by mrmanner on Friday September 03, 2021 @03:53AM (#28401528)
I also thought never, but since IANAL I had to google before I commented and found something about some specific kinds of fines in Spain :D