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Daily Dashboard | DPC of Hamburg to Facebook: Stop using WhatsApp to collect data Related reading: Understanding marketing privacy: Overlooked aspects, key questions and practical audits

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The Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner Johannes Caspar has asked Facebook to stop using German data gleaned from WhatsApp, Bloomberg Technology reports. He also requested the company delete the data it currently has, as there’s “no legal basis for Facebook to use information of WhatsApp customers,” the report states. “This order protects the data of about 35 million WhatsApp users in Germany," Caspar said. "It has to be their decision as to whether they want to connect their account with Facebook,” Caspar said. “Therefore, Facebook has to ask for their permission in advance. This has not happened." Facebook countered that it complies with European data protection laws and is “open to working with” Hamburg privacy officials to remediate concerns.
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