EU watchdogs ask Yahoo and WhatsApp to explain privacy breaches – EurActiv.com
The group of powerful data protection watchdogs from EU countries have reprimanded Yahoo and WhatsApp over concerns the companies are violating Europeans' privacy rights.In a letter sent yesterday (27 October), the European authorities asked Yahoo to share information detailing the 2014 data breach of more than 500 million email accounts and recent allegations that Yahoo monitored customers' emails on request from the US government.A separate letter to WhatsApp asked the company to identify exactly what user data it shares with Facebook following a change to the firm's privacy policy this summer.
WhatsApp and Yahoo slammed by EU privacy watchdog
WHATSAPP AND YAHOO have found themselves in hot water with EU privacy regulators over their over-enthusiastic data sharing and recent security breach, respectively.The watchdogs, collectively known as the Article 29 Working Party, which has had a hand in the formation of the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation, said it has grave concerns over WhatsApp's latest privacy policy in which the messaging service admits it would share users' phone numbers with parent company Facebook.WhatsApp's privacy policy change, which was announced in August, is the first change since Facebook bought the messaging app in February 2014.
EU privacy watchdogs warn WhatsApp on privacy policy, Yahoo on breach
A Yahoo logo is seen on top of the building where they have offices in New York City, U.S., July 25, 2016.REUTERS/Brendan McDermidA 3D printed Whatsapp logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken April 28, 2016.REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationBRUSSELS European privacy watchdogs said on Friday they had sent letters to WhatsApp over its sharing of information with parent company Facebook and Yahoo over a 2014 data breach and its scanning of customer emails for U.S. intelligence purposes.
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