European Regulators Scrutinize WhatsApp Data-Sharing Plan With Facebook
ENLARGE Photo: Zuma PressEuropean privacy regulators are investigating messaging service WhatsApp's plan to share user information including phone numbers with its parent, Facebook Inc., adding to pressure on both sides of the Atlantic over the social media firm's privacy practices.A European Union body representing the bloc's 28 national data-protection authorities said Monday that its members were following "with great vigilance" changes to WhatsApp's privacy policy last week.The new policy disclosed the plan to share data with Facebook, while giving only existing WhatsApp users the ability to opt out of part of the data-sharing, setting off complaints from privacy activists in the U.S. and Europe.
Can Facebook Take WhatsApp Data? Court Asks Centre Its Thoughts
Highlights The court asked the centre to file their reply by September 14.The plans of WhatsApp had rung alarm bells among privacy advocates.The petition alleged that the new policy compromises the rights of users.
FTC May Investigate WhatsApp For Giving Facebook Your Data
WhatsApp's recent decision to start sharing user data with Facebook didn't just upset privacy advocates.It may prompt the Federal Trade Commission to intervene.The Electronic Privacy Information Center, a nonprofit advocacy group, submitted a legal complaint Sunday asking the FTC to investigate WhatsApp after the chat program controversially announced Thursday that it would begin sharing data with Facebook for marketing purposes, unless users explicitly opted out.
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