Facebook banned from gathering WhatsApp data
PanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook's gathering of data from users' WhatsApp accounts has hit a stumbling block, after German regulators ruled that the social network must stop the process, Digital Spy reports.The data protection commissioner of the city of Hamburg says the collection of users' information in Germany must cease immediately (via Gizmodo).
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Germany, Italy crack down on WhatsApp data policy
Germany's privacy watchdog ordered WhatsApp to immediately stop sharing data with parent Facebook, while an equivalent authority in Italy is digging into the same issue.Johannes Caspar, the Hamburg commissioner for data protection and freedom of information, issued an "administrative order against the mass synchronisation of data" between the two companies, prohibiting Facebook from collecting and storing data from German WhatsApp users, of which it says there are about 35 million.
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WhatsApp sharing data with Facebook despite an Indian High Court order
WhatsApp's recent data sharing policy, which entitles it to share user data with Facebook, is causing the company a significant bit of trouble.With many users opting out of the option, the company is also drawing the ire of governments and regulatory bodies across the world, who in many cases, are passing orders that prevent the data syncing.
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German regulators have banned WhatsApp from sharing data with Facebook
WhatsApp has been banned from sharing data with Facebook by German regulators.The messaging platform changed its terms and conditions last month.
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