Germany orders Facebook to stop collecting WhatsApp user data
Facebook in Hamburg has been ordered by the German data protection agency to stop collecting and storing user information from its WhatApp messaging app.The privacy regulator claims the social network has not obtained specific approval to do so and it had even stated it would not share data when it first bought WhatsApp in 2014.Germany just banned Facebook from collecting and storing the data of 35m WhatsApp users https://t.co/MdG0BravRz?
Germany Says Facebook Can't Share WhatsApp Data
German data protection authorities Tuesday ordered Facebook to delete data, such as phone numbers, it has received from its subsidiary WhatsApp.Facebook acquired the global messaging service two years ago and announced this summer that WhatsApp would begin sharing the phone numbers of its users with the social network as part of a program to synchronize the two businesses.But Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection ruled that Facebook "neither has obtained an effective approval from the WhatsApp users, nor does a legal basis for the data reception exist."
Germany Orders End to Facebook WhatsApp Data Sharing Project
German data protection authorities on Tuesday ordered Facebook to delete data, such as phone numbers, it has received from its subsidiary WhatsApp.Facebook acquired the global messaging service two years ago and announced this summer that WhatsApp would begin sharing the phone numbers of its users with the social network as part of a program to synchronize the two businesses.But Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection ruled that Facebook "neither has obtained an effective approval from the WhatsApp users, nor does a legal basis for the data reception exist."
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Germany blocks Facebook from fetching data of WhatsApp users
Germany-based data protection authorities has blocked social media giant Facebook from collecting data of WhatsApp users.According to sources, the move is being taken due to privacy concerns.Commenting on the development, Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Johannes Caspar revealed that Facebook has in fact agreed not to share any data when they acquired WhatsApp in 2014.
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