WhatsApp will stop soon sharing user data with the parent company Facebook within a month as per the reports. Well.. this is not the first incident where WhatsApp-Facebook data sharing has been condemned. Whatsapp is also asked to stop collecting data from users from Germany and UK too.
What is the reason behind this change?
WhatsApp is asked by Chair of the National Data Protection Commission to provide a sample of the French users’ data transferred to Facebook. But the company could not provide the sample as it is located in the US. “As a result, the Chair of the CNIL decided to issue formal notice to the company to comply with the Data Protection Act within one month,” it added.
It is mentioned that the security is an essential element but the data transfer for “business intelligence” purpose is not based on the legal basis required by the Data Protection Act for any processing.
Considering this factor and to ensure the highest level of transparency on the massive data transfer from WhatsApp to Facebook Inc., this order is given.
In August last year, the company released a new version of its Terms of Service and Privacy Policy where it explained that “from now on, its users’ data are transferred to Facebook for three purposes develop targeted advertising, security measures, as well as business intelligence.