WhatsApp has been warned by the pan-European privacy watchdogs over its sharing of information with Facebook and asked to pause the transfer of personal data.
The gathered European Union data protection authorities, collectively known as the Article 29 Working Party, said they had serious concerns over WhatsApp’s recent privacy policy change and the sharing of user phone numbers with its parent company Facebook.
Article 29 said that it had “requested 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” in a letter sent to the messaging service.
A WhatsApp spokesperson said: “We’ve had constructive conversations, including before our update, and we remain committed to respecting applicable law.”
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The gathered European Union data protection authorities, collectively known as the Article 29 Working Party, said they had serious concerns over WhatsApp’s recent privacy policy change and the sharing of user phone numbers with its parent company Facebook.
Article 29 said that it had “requested 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” in a letter sent to the messaging service.
A WhatsApp spokesperson said: “We’ve had constructive conversations, including before our update, and we remain committed to respecting applicable law.”
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