UK's Information Commissioner Gets Facebook to Pause Using WhatsApp User Data

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I believe we here already knew this was going on, however, when I asked some friends that use WhatsApp they had no idea.

Now, Facebook will pause using the data while an investigation takes place, and a suitable policy is devised to empower WhatsApp users.

We have now asked Facebook and WhatsApp to sign an undertaking committing to better explaining to customers how their data will be used, and to giving users ongoing control over that information. We also want individuals to have the opportunity to be given an unambiguous choice before Facebook start using that information and to be given the opportunity to change that decision at any point in the future. UK's Information Commissioner Gets Facebook to Pause Using WhatsApp User Data [iconewsblog.wordpress.com]

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While WhatsApp can't be trusted to keep its earlier promise to protect user data under its new owner it looks like legal action is the only recourse. Sad.