Facebook, WhatsApp Data Sharing Raising More Concerns
Facebook, WhatsApp Data Sharing Raising More ConcernsGermany have already ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing messaging data with Facebook.Now it looks possible that the UK could raise similar objections.In August this year WhatsApp announced a change to it's Terms and Conditions that would allow it to share data with parent company Facebook.
Facebook and WhatsApp Banned From Sharing Data in Germany
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - FEBRUARY 19: Facebook and WhatsApp logos are displayed on portable electronic devices on February 19, 2014 in San Francisco City.Facebook Inc. announced that it will purchase smartphone-messaging app company WhatsApp Inc. for $19 billion in cash and stock.(Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)(Photo: Justin Sullivan)Two social networking applications Facebook and WhatsApp were officially banned from sharing data to each other in Germany.
Facebook Ordered to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp Users in Germany
When the messaging service WhatsApp announced last month that it was starting to share some of its users' online information with Facebook, its parent company, many users expressed anger that their digital privacy could be at risk.Now, a German regulator thinks so, too.The city of Hamburg's data protection commissioner ordered Facebook on Tuesday to stop collecting and storing data on WhatsApp users in Germany, the first time a privacy watchdog has waded into the debate.
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