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WhatsApp suspends giving Facebook European user data


WhatsApp suspends giving Facebook European user data
WhatsApp suspends giving Facebook European user dataWhatsApp has temporarily suspended giving parent company Facebook information about users in Europe for ad targeting, responding to concerns there over privacy, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.Conversations with officials in Europe over the past few months resulted in the social network deciding to only tapping into WhatsApp user data there for purposes such as fighting spam, according to the source.The break was described as an effort to give regulators time to share privacy concerns and for Facebook to consider ways to address them.
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Facebook WhatsApp data collection stopped in EU


Facebook WhatsApp data collection stopped in EU
If you're living in Europe and you're unhappy with the fact that Facebook-owned WhatsApp started sharing data with its parent company in spite of saying it would never do it, then you're in luck.It looks like Facebook can be stopped from gathering even more data about you through WhatsApp.DON'T MISS: Best Buy's pre-Black Friday 2016 sale is live right now – here are the 20 best dealsSure, you can always argue that WhatsApp was only sharing your phone number with Facebook.
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Facebook halts WhatsApp data sharing across Europe


Facebook halts WhatsApp data sharing across Europe
In late October, The Article 29 Working Party, which is comprised of the privacy leaders from each of the EU's 28 nations, warned WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum that it had "serious concerns" about changes to the messaging app's terms of service.Users were told that phone numbers, profile names, photos, online status and other activities would be shared with its parent company to test new features that would help them interact with businesses, such as receiving fraud notifications from a bank or news of a cancelled flight from an airline.WhatsApp maintained that messages would be secured by end-to-end encryption and would be unreadable by Facebook and WhatsApp staff, but privacy experts continued to press the two companies.
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WhatsApp suspends giving Facebook European user data


WhatsApp suspends giving Facebook European user data
Conversations with officials in Europe resulted in Whatsapp deciding to only tap into user data there for purposes such as fighting spam (AFP Photo/Stan Honda)San Francisco (AFP) - WhatsApp has temporarily suspended giving parent company Facebook information about users in Europe for ad targeting, responding to concerns there over privacy, a source close to the matter said.Conversations with officials in Europe over the past few months resulted in the social network deciding to only tap into WhatsApp user data there for purposes such as fighting spam, according to the source.The break was described as an effort to give regulators time to share privacy concerns and for Facebook to consider ways to address them.
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Facebook stops collecting WhatsApp user data in Europe after government pressure


Facebook stops collecting WhatsApp user data in Europe after government pressure
Facebook has stopped collecting WhatsApp user data across Europe, the Financial Times reports, bowing to pressure from privacy watchdogs across the continent.The shift in policy means that European users of the messaging app will no longer have information — including phone numbers — relayed to Facebook, but the social network says it may only be a temporary suspension while the laws are debated."We hope to continue our detailed conversations with the UK Information Commissioner's Office and other data protection officials," Facebook says, confirming that it "remain[s] open to working collaboratively to address their questions." Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, but only started to collect data from its users in August this year.
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