Facebook told to stop collecting WhatsApp data in Europe
European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service while they are investigating the privacy policy changes the company announced in August.The Article 29 Working Party, made up of privacy chiefs from across the 28-nation EU, told Facebook it had serious concerns about the sharing of WhatsApp users' data for purposes that were not included in the terms of service and privacy policy when existing users signed up to the service.The group is not the first in Europe to condemn WhatsApp's new data sharing policy.
Europe urges Facebook to stop tapping WhatsApp data
Article 29 is considered an EU advisory group and doesn't have the power to order companies to do anything.However, in the French version of the letter, it used the strongest language it could by "urgently requesting" that WhatsApp halt the data collection.When Facebook acquired the messaging service, it promised not to collect personal user data.
WhatsApp should not share users' data with Facebook – EU
The European Union has urged WhatsApp not to share users' data with Facebook until the appropriate legal protections can be assured.The European Union has urged WhatsApp not to share users' data with Facebook until the appropriate legal protections can be assured.In an open letter from the EU's Data Protection Working Party, it said there were concerns regarding WhatsApp's information sharing with Facebook.
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