And on every headline about an SV company being investigated there are complaints that they are unfairly targeting them and not do enough about local companies.
Big companies are investigated, but a) for more nebulous cases the processes take longer, b) rules to avoid parallel investigations in many places also apply to the tech companies, which takes time for international coordination and somewhat restricts local agencies from acting against them (which is a bit of a loophole, or at least delays it further - see the various Schrems cases against Ireland), c) Whatsapp/Facebook have backed off from some things in Europe already due to previous investigations and agreements around the aquisition.
Pretty much everyhwere, the privacy agencies are working on extremely limited resources, and can not address everything at once. (Yes, this is a problem)
Big companies are investigated, but a) for more nebulous cases the processes take longer, b) rules to avoid parallel investigations in many places also apply to the tech companies, which takes time for international coordination and somewhat restricts local agencies from acting against them (which is a bit of a loophole, or at least delays it further - see the various Schrems cases against Ireland), c) Whatsapp/Facebook have backed off from some things in Europe already due to previous investigations and agreements around the aquisition.
Pretty much everyhwere, the privacy agencies are working on extremely limited resources, and can not address everything at once. (Yes, this is a problem)