Halt WhatsApp data transfers, German privacy watchdog tells Facebook
Facebook must stop collecting information about WhatsApp users in Germany, a local privacy watchdog has ordered.Last month, Facebook began combining user data from WhatsApp, the messaging company it acquired in 2014, with the mountain of information it holds about members of its social network in order to better target advertising.The move prompted concern among WhatsApp users, as the company had long promoted itself as a strong protector of user privacy.
Facebook to appeal German order on WhatsApp data
Facebook said it would appeal against an order by a German privacy regulator on Tuesday to stop collecting and storing data of German users of its messaging app WhatsApp and to delete all data that has already been forwarded to it.The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information said Facebook was infringing data protection law and had not obtained effective approval from WhatsApp's 35 million users in Germany."After the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook two years ago, both parties have publicly assured that data will not be shared between them," commissioner Johannes Caspar said in a statement.
Facebook told to delete data received from WhatsApp by German watchdog
Facebook ordered to delete data received from WhatsApp by German data watchdog.Facebook ordered to delete data received from WhatsApp by German data watchdog.German data protection authorities have ordered Facebook to delete data, such as phone numbers, it has received from its subsidiary WhatsApp.
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