The European Data Protection Board on Thursday said Facebook’s practices linked to WhatsApp data should be examined ‘as a matter of priority’ by the Irish privacy watchdog, its main regulator in the region. — AP
Facebook Inc escaped a possible European Union ban on its use of WhatsApp customer data but faces an investigation of new terms and services that have sparked outrage among consumer-rights campaigners.
The European Data Protection Board, a panel of EU authorities, on Thursday said Facebook’s practices linked to WhatsApp data should be examined “as a matter of priority” by the Irish privacy watchdog, its main regulator in the region.
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