Facebook told to stop collecting German WhatsApp data
Found on BBC News on Tuesday, 27 September 2016
"After the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook two years ago, both parties have publicly assured [users] that data will not be shared between them," said commissioner Johannes Caspar in a statement.
EU and US regulators reacted with caution, saying that the update needed to be investigated. The UK's Information Commissioner is also looking into the changes.
Promises are worth nothing, especially when they are standing between a company and money.