the CNIL said it was unclear how Clubhouse, which appears to have ‘no corporate entity within the European Union’, was using members’ personal information, and how secure the data was. — AFP
PARIS: France’s data privacy watchdog said on March 17 that it had opened an investigation into Clubhouse, the US audio chat app that has become a social media hit.
The inquiry will seek to determine if European data protection rules apply to the app’s parent company, Alpha Exploration, the CNIL said in a statement, adding that it could take punitive measures if Clubhouse does not respect the legislation.