Facebook to appeal German order on WhatsApp data
This order protects the data of about 35 million WhatsApp users in Germany.Photo:Frankfurt: Facebook said it would appeal against an order by a German privacy regulator on Tuesday to stop collecting and storing data of German users of its messaging app WhatsApp and to delete all data that has already been forwarded to it.The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information said Facebook was infringing data protection law and had not obtained effective approval from WhatsApp's 35 million users in Germany.
Facebook ordered to stop harvesting data on WhatsApp users in Germany
Facebook has been ordered to stop harvesting the data of WhatsApp users in Germany.The move follows the latter's shock announcement last month that it would start sharing user data with its parent company, Facebook, including users' phone numbers and last seen time in the app.Stated uses for the data includes marketing/ad targeting.
WhatsApp case reveals India's need for law to protect data privacy
India needs new data privacy laws, experts say, as a court case with WhatsApp has brought the issue into sharp focus.WhatsApp last month revised its privacy policy to allow the Facebook-owned messaging app to share data with Facebook and permit targeted adverts.Two students filed a public litigation in the Delhi High Court to try to get the policy reversed.
Germany blocks WhatsApp data transfers to Facebook
Facebook would be required to delete any data already received from WhatsApp in GermanyBERLIN: German data protection authorities on Tuesday said they had blocked Facebook from collecting subscriber data from its subsidiary WhatsApp, citing privacy concerns.Facebook and WhatsApp promised in the wake of the Silicon Valley giant's 2014 acquisition of the messaging app that they would not share data, Hamburg's Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Johannes Caspar recalled in a statement.He added that Facebook would be required to delete any data already received from WhatsApp in Germany.
WhatsApp won't comply with India's order to delete user data (updated)
In August, privacy groups in the US spoke out against the change, which allows WhatsApp to pass account information like mobile phone number, contacts, profile pictures and status messages to its parent company.Facebook claims that sharing information between the two will help it to improve the experience and fight abuse across both platforms, while WhatsApp defended the change by saying that all messages on the service will remain encrypted.The case before the Delhi High Court was brought by two Indian students who alleged the new terms of service will jeopardize the privacy and "severely compromises" the rights of over 100 million active WhatsApp users in their country.
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