2016-09-20:WhatsApp threatened with legal action over Facebook data sharing deal





WhatsApp threatened with legal action over Facebook data sharing deal


WhatsApp threatened with legal action over Facebook data sharing deal
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Two Indian Students Legally Challenge Facebook Over WhatsApp Privacy Policy


Two Indian Students Legally Challenge Facebook Over WhatsApp Privacy Policy
ADVERTISEMENTTwo Indian students are mounting a legal challenge to Facebook Inc., seeking to wind back changes to WhatsApp's privacy policy that they say threatens the rights of millions of users.Karmanya Singh Sareen and Shreya Sethi filed a public-interest litigation, akin to a class action, in the Delhi High Court asking for a rollback of recent policy updates by the Facebook-owned messaging service.They asked the court to order the government to frame guidelines for messaging apps so that user privacy isn't compromised.


WhatsApp draws ire for Facebook data sharing


WhatsApp draws ire for Facebook data sharing
Consumer organisation threatens legal action against WhatsApp for passing on user informationAs the deadline to opt out of the new WhatsApp privacy policy which allows users' information to be shared with its parent company Facebook expires on September 25, the move has come in for criticism from all quarters.The Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) has now threatened legal action against WhatsApp for passing on user information such as telephone numbers to Facebook."When Facebook took over WhatsApp in 2014, it pledged that the WhatsApp service would remain independent.


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