A European Union privacy watchdog has rejected a request from Germany’s top data protection regulator for an EU-wide ban on Facebook‘s use of personal data from its WhatsApp subsidiary, but has instructed the social network’s lead EU regulator in Ireland to look into the matter.
In May, the regulator in Hamburg announced that the social network would no longer be able to process personal data from WhatsApp users, citing the messaging app’s new terms of use as illegal.
WhatsApp stated in May that the action was without merit and that it would not affect the deployment of the update. It welcomed the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB) decision on Thursday and stated that it would collaborate with the Irish regulator to fully address the issues mentioned.
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