econotimes : Germany Slaps Facebook With Cease And Desist Order On WhatsApp Data Mining

Germany Slaps Facebook With Cease And Desist Order On WhatsApp Data Mining

Germany Slaps Facebook With Cease And Desist Order On WhatsApp Data MiningWednesday, September 28, 2016 2:28 PM UTCFacebook just got an order from the German government to stop collecting the information of WhatsApp users in the country.This is in response to the recent announcement by the chat service that it would be providing Facebook with information on users so that the biggest social media company in the world can make money off it.
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Germany Bans WhatsApp Data Transfer to Facebook

German data protection authorities has blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp, citing privacy concerns.Germany Bans WhatsApp Data Transfer to Facebook.
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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.
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