German Regulator Orders WhatsApp To Halt Data Harvest

Breaking the law…Watchdog accuses WhatsApp of ‘misleading’ users and breaking German data protection laws

Facebook is once again facing questions over its privacy procedures after its popular mobile instant messaging app WhatsApp ran into trouble with a German data protection watchdog.

The development comes after a researcher found that WhatsApp leaves traces of deleted posts that could be easily recovered, which has added to privacy concerns about the service.

German Law

The latest development has seen Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information ordering Facebook to halt the collection and storage of data belonging to 35 million WhatsApp users in Germany.


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European privacy regulators probe WhatsApp privacy switch

The chair of Europe’s leading group of privacy regulators said that it will watch with “great vigilance” WhatsApp’s change in privacy code, as the chat app opens up to ads for the first time.

Last week saw Facebook relax the privacy policy of WhatsApp, giving the chat app new access to users’ data to sell to advertisers.

WhatsApp, which counts more than a billion users globally, revealed last week that it would start sharing users’ phone numbers with Facebook, helping it to target advertisements and friend recommendations across the social media network.

It said WhatsApp users could choose not to share their account information with Facebook.


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