Germany orders Facebook to stop collecting data on WhatsApp users

‘Social networking giant Facebook has been ordered by German authorities to stop collecting and storing data from WhatsApp after users claimed their digital privacy was at risk. The privacy regulator also ruled that the data that has already been forwarded should be deleted.
The pushback comes after the messaging app announced last month it would share some users’ personal information, such as phone numbers and analytics data, with parent company Facebook as part of a program to synchronize the two businesses.
However the controversial scheme means businesses would be able to send messages to customers on WhatsApp.’
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