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EU warns WhatsApp, Yahoo on data protection

European Union privacy regulators told WhatsApp to “pause” its sharing of user data with parent Facebook as the policy is investigated, while also issuing a warning to Yahoo about an earlier breach.

According to several publications, the Article 29 working party wrote to Facebook saying it had serious concerns about WhatsApp’s recent policy change,
under which it would share user data with its parent company, including phone numbers.

In the letter, the group, made up of privacy experts from the EU’s 28 member states, “requested WhatsApp to communicate all relevant information to the Working Party as soon as possible and urged the company to pause the sharing of users’ data until the appropriate legal protections can be assured”.

A WhatsApp spokeswoman has since responded, stating it was “working with data protection authorities to address their questions”, reported The Wall Street Journal.