2016-09-27:Indian court orders WhatsApp to not share user data with Facebook collected before Sept. 25

Indian court orders WhatsApp to not share user data with Facebook collected before Sept. 25

WhatsApp's move to share some of users' information with Facebook isn't sitting well with India.The country's Delhi High Court today directed WhatsApp to make two critical alterations to its forthcoming policy changes for Indian customers.SEE ALSO: WhatsApp announces plans to share user data with FacebookA bench of Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court ordered WhatsApp to delete data of users who choose to opt out of WhatApp's policy changes before Sept. 25.

Germany orders Facebook to stop collecting data on WhatsApp users

WhatsApp's announcement last month that it would start sharing more user data, including phone numbers, with its parent Facebook didn't go down well with many people.Now, a privacy regulator in Germany has taken particular exception to the update, demanding that the collection process is stopped and all gathered information be deleted.The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information said Facebook is infringing data protection law by collecting user data from WhatsApp.

WhatsApp threatened with legal action over Facebook data sharing deal

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Facebook told to stop collecting German WhatsApp data

Image copyright PAFacebook has been ordered by a German privacy regulator to stop collecting and storing the data of German users of its messaging app WhatsApp.The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information said that the social network had not obtained effective approval from WhatsApp's 35 million German users.Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19bn (£14.6bn) in 2014 as a way to reach out to a younger audience.