Messaging app has one month to comply or it will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data for ‘commerce intelligence’ purposes WhatsApp has been ordered to stop sharing user data with parent company Facebook or face sanctions.
The French data protection agency,Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), said on Monday that WhatsApp did not have a legal basis to share user data under French law for “commerce intelligence” purposes. The messaging app must cease data sharing within a month, or paying specific attention to obtaining users’ consent.
The European Union's new stronger,unified data protection laws, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and will near into force on 25 May 2018,after more than six years in the making.
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Source: theguardian.com