Facebook's WhatsApp privacy changes raise EU, US concerns
After the sale to Facebook was announced in 2014, WhatsApp chief executive officer and co-founder Jan Koum repeatedly said nothing would change with the company's privacy practices.Photo: ReutersWashington/Brussels: Facebook Inc. is coming under scrutiny in the US and Europe for revisions to privacy policies for the free messaging service WhatsApp, which promised users those practices wouldn't change when it was sold to the social networking company two years ago.
European regulators to keep eye on WhatsApp privacy changes
Europe's privacy regulators will follow WhatsApp's decision to share user data with parent Facebook "with great vigilance".Ina blog post, the firm behind the messaging app said that "by coordinating more with Facebook, we'll be able to do things like track basic metrics about how often people use our services and better fight spam on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp policy changes prompt FTC complaints from privacy groups
Privacy groups in the U.S. have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that changes last week in WhatsApp's terms and privacy policy break its previous promise that user data collected would not be used or disclosed for marketing purposes.The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy have described the move as an unfair and deceptive trade practice, subject to an investigation and injunction by the FTC, in their complaint Monday.
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