bdlive : German watchdog says Facebook must stop using WhatsApp data

German watchdog says Facebook must stop using WhatsApp data

German watchdog says Facebook must stop using WhatsApp dataKarin Matussek and Stephanie BodoniGerman watchdog says Facebook must stop using WhatsApp dataBERLIN/LUXEMBOURG — Facebook, already under scrutiny in the US and the EU for revisions to privacy policies for its WhatsApp messaging service, was ordered by Hamburg's privacy watchdog to stop processing data of German users of the chat service.In a renewed clash with the social network operator, Johannes Caspar, one of Germany's most outspoken data-protection commissioners, ordered Facebook to delete any data it already has.
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Germany orders WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook

CBS Interactive / CNETA German privacy regulator ordered Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday to stop sharing collected user data with Facebook and for the social network to delete data already collected from the 35 million WhatsApp users within the country.More on WhatsApp With WhatsApp, Facebook builds social infrastructure conglomerate Facebook's ability to acquire services and let them run (along with a ton of dough) seems to be a winning strategy for now.
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Facebook set to appeal against Germany's order to stop WhatsApp user data collection

Facebook is set to appeal against an order issued by a German privacy regulator on 27 September, which asked the social media giant to stop collecting and storing data of WhatsApp users in the country.The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information – Germany's privacy watchdog – also ordered Facebook to delete all data it had already received from WhatsApp.
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