independent : WhatsApp data sharing with Facebook must be stopped until it can be proved legal, European Union warns

WhatsApp data sharing with Facebook must be stopped until it can be proved legal, European Union warns

1/38 Visitors look at television monitors by pokemon/" target="_blank">sung/" target="_blank">Samsung Electronics during the Korea Electronics Grand Fair at an exhibition hall in Seoul, South Korea Getty2/38 An employee shows a Samsung Electronics' Gear S3 Classic during Korea Electronics Show 2016 in Seoul, South Korea Reuters3/38 Visitors experience Samsung Electronics' Gear VR during the Korea Electronics Grand Fair at an exhibition hall in Seoul, South Korea Getty4/38 Visitors experience Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge devices during the Korea Electronics Grand Fair at an exhibition hall in Seoul, South Korea Getty5/38 A woman looks at the Apple iPhone 7 at a telecom shop in Seoul, South Korea Getty6/38 People buy new iPhone models at a telecom shop in Seoul, South Korea Getty7/38 People wait in line to buy new iPhone models at a telecom shop in Seoul, South Korea Getty8/38 Amy Rimmer, Research Engineer at Jaguar Land Rover, demonstrates the car manufacturer's Advanced Highway Assist in a Range Rover, which drives the vehicle, overtakes and can detect vehicles in the blind spot, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire PA wire9/38 Ford EEBL Emergency Electronic Brake Lights is demonstrated during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire PA10/38 Chris Burbridge, Autonomous Driving Software Engineer for Tata Motors European Technical Centre, demonstrates the car manufacturer's GLOSA V2X functionality, which is connected to the traffic lights and shares information with the driver, during the first demonstrations of the UK Autodrive Project at HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton, Warwickshire PA wire11/38 Full-scale model of 'Kibo' on display at the Space Dome exhibition hall of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center, in Tsukuba, north-east of Tokyo, Japan EPA12/38 Miniatures on display at the Space Dome exhibition hall of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Tsukuba Space Center, in Tsukuba, north-east of Tokyo, Japan.In its facilities, JAXA develop satellites and analyse their observation data, train astronauts for utilization in the Japanese Experiment Module 'Kibo' of the International Space Station (ISS) and develop launch vehicles EPA13/38 The robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances to the music during the Japan Robot Week 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight.At this biennial event, the participating companies exhibit their latest service robotic technologies and components Getty14/38 The robot developed by Seed Solutions sings and dances to music during the Japan Robot Week 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight Getty15/38 Government and industry are working together on a robot-like autopilot system that could eliminate the need for a second human pilot in the cockpit AP16/38 Aurora Flight Sciences' technicians work on an Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automantion System (ALIAS) device in the firm's Centaur aircraft at Manassas Airport in Manassas, Va. AP17/38 Flight Simulator Stefan Schwart and Udo Klingenberg preparing a self-built flight simulator to land at Hong Kong airport, from Rostock, Germany EPA18/38 Flight Simulator In recent months, computer specialists of the project MV-IT systems have built a Boeing 737-800 cockpit and reconstructed part of the cabin with 15 seats.The simulator will be officially opened on October 19, 2016 and able to 'land' at over 20,000 airfields in different weather conditions and at all times and seasons EPA19/38 PlayStation VR The launch of PlayStation VR at the GAME Digital Westfield White City midnight launch GAME Digital20/38 PlayStation VR An elated customer at the launch of PlayStation VR at the GAME Digital Westfield White City midnight launch.
read more from here

EU warns WhatsApp over sharing data with Facebook parent

Whatsapp has been warned by EU data officials to stop sharing users' information with Facebook until further notice.Whatsapp has been warned by EU data officials to stop sharing users' information with Facebook until further notice.Whatsapp has been warned by EU data officials to stop sharing users' information with Facebook until further notice.The European Union's 28 data protection authorities said in a statement they had serious concerns about WhatsApp's recent change in privacy policy in which it would share users' phone numbers with Facebook.
read more from here

WhatsApp probed in Italy over sharing of user data with Facebook

Back in August, WhatsApp announced changes to its Terms of Service, allowing the app to share data with its parent company, Facebook.These new terms resulted in Facebook and WhatsApp being subject to investigation in some countries, including the UK, Spain and India.Italy is now the latest country to probe Facebook's intentions with the recent changes.The main objective of the probe, which started this Friday, will be to check whether the new WhatsApp agreement imposes "unfair" conditions on the users.
read more from here

EU warns WhatsApp over sharing data with Facebook

Privacy watchdogs said they had "serious concerns" about recent changes to the messaging service's privacy policy, which made sharing customer data with Facebook possible.In a letter from the regulators, they asked WhatsApp to suspend data sharing until it was clear that European privacy rules were not being broken.The Article 29 Working Party asked WhatsApp to "communicate all relevant information to the Working Party as soon as possible and urged the company to pause the sharing of users' data until the appropriate legal protections could be assured".The changes to the privacy policy were introduced in August, allowing people a limited time to opt out.
read more from here