Last month WhatsApp updated its terms of service, which added information that the application will send user data FacebookAfter this news, many users began to worry about their security. The residents of our neighbor are already concerned about their privacy within WhatsAppYou don't have to worry.
The Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner has decided that Facebook must stop collecting individual user data from the app in Germany WhatsAppAccording to him, the social network must explicitly ask the user for permission, which Facebook did not. Approximately 35 million German users chatThanks to Johannes Caspar, the ovation application doesn't have to worry.
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This is the first time ever that a privacy watchdog has stepped in to remove an issue. "It has to be their decision whether they want to link their account to Facebook"em," the commissioner said in his statement Tuesday. "Proit must Facebook to ask permission from each user. But then nestHello.
Facebook said it would strive to comply with European privacy rules. The regulator has the right to intervene in the company's activities Facebook, since its subsidiary is based in Hamburg. About the privacy associated with WhatsAppEven the British regulator has become interested in it.
WhatsApp By sharing user data with its parent company, it hoped to create additional revenue opportunities for its billion users. The company was trying to provide better services to its users, but not everyone was interested. The Hamburg commissioner believes that users were misled about the handling of their private data.
Source: iphonehacks
