indialivetoday : Germany data protection agency orders Facebook to stop collecting WhatsApp user data

Germany data protection agency orders Facebook to stop collecting WhatsApp user data

Berlin,Sept28:The German data protection agency has ordered Facebook to stop collecting user data from its WhatsApp messenger app and delete any data it has already received.The social network announced in August that it would begin sharing data from its 1 billion-plus user base, including phone numbers, from WhatsApp users with Facebook for the purpose of targeted ads.
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Facebook ordered to stop collecting WhatsApp user data in Germany – Naked Security

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Germany orders Facebook to stop sharing WhatsApp users' data

Germany's data protection commissioner has told Facebook it must stop collecting information on its users from its subsidiary WhatsApp.Johannes Caspar also told the firm to delete any data it has already received from the instant messaging service, reports Deutsche Welle.
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