German Regulators Ban Facebook From Collecting WhatsApp Data
Earlier this year, WhatsApp betrayed its longstanding commitment to privacy when it announced that it would share user data with its parent company Facebook for the purpose of selling ads.Yesterday, a German regulator announced that it is putting the brakes on Facebook's plan.
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Facebook to appeal German order on WhatsApp data
A 3D printed Whatsapp logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken April 28, 2016.REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationFRANKFURT Facebook (FB.O) 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.
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Facebook To Appeal German Order Against WhatsApp
WhatsApp announced last month that it's going to share user data with Facebook to improve marketing and ad targeting.Shared data includes last seem time as well as users' phone numbers.
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