WhatsApp won't share UK user data with Facebook anymore
In August, WhatsApp announced that it'd finally begin earning its keep by sharing users' phone numbers with Facebook, which acquired the messaging app for $19 billion in 2014.However, the UK is having none of it; Britain's privacy watchdog has managed to get WhatsApp to agree not to share user data with Facebook, over concerns that consumers aren't properly protected from having their information exploited by these companies.New York, meet the world's tech scene 5,000 Tech leaders are coming to NYC this November to learn and do business.
Facebook BANNED from collecting WhatsApp user data in the UK
GETTY Facebook says it will now "pause" its policy of collecting WhatsApp user dataFacebook has been blocked from collecting information about its WhatsApp users in the UK.The move follows a ruling from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which has said that WhatsApp customers need, "a greater level of information and protection" concerning what data Facebook gathers about them.Now, from today, Facebook has agreed to pause the collection of data from WhatsApp users until a full investigation can be carried out.
UK privacy watchdog threatens Facebook with action over WhatsApp data
BRUSSELS: The British privacy watchdog on Monday threatened Facebook with enforcement action if the company used data from WhatsApp users without consent, adding that the social media giant had agreed to suspend using UK users' data.The Information Commissioner's Office had in August said it would monitor WhatsApp's first privacy policy change since it was acquired by Facebook under which it would share user data with its parent company."We think consumers deserve a greater level of information and protection, but so far Facebook hasn't agreed," Elizabeth Denham, head of the ICO, said in a statement.
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