WhatsApp Sharing Data with Facebook Raises Alarm for Privacy Advocates
Changes announced by WhatsApp have drawn the ire of privacy advocates, who say that the messaging service's plan to share user data with parent company Facebook is against the law and should be blocked.The changes will allow the popular app -- which says it has more than one billion users -- to "coordinate more with Facebook" by sharing the user data, they said.
Facebook's WhatsApp Privacy Changes Raise EU, U.S. Concerns
Facebook Inc. is coming under scrutiny in the U.S. 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.Last week, Facebook said it would start using data from the messaging app to allow advertisers to better target those users on Facebook and Instagram, in addition to allowing businesses to send messages to WhatsApp users directly.
Privacy groups complain to FTC about WhatsApp policy changes
Privacy groups in the U.S. have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that changes last week in WhatsApp's terms and privacy policy breaks 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 changes as unfair and deceptive trade practice, subject to an investigation and injunction by the FTC, in their complaint Monday.
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