The Hamburg Data Protection Authority opens proceedings against a social media company to stop sharing user data from its subsidiary company (Facebook / WhatsApp)

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13 Apr 2021

The Hamburg Data Protection Authority opens proceedings against a social media company to stop sharing user data from its subsidiary company (Facebook / WhatsApp)

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Hamburg Data Protection Authority, Facebook / WhatsApp, Press release, 13 April 2021

Urgency procedure opened against Facebook in connection with the new WhatsApp terms of use* The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI) opened proceedings against Facebook Ireland Ltd. with the aim of issuing an immediately enforceable order with the content of not collecting data from WhatsApp users and processing it for its own purposes. Facebook will first be given the opportunity to comment as part of a hearing. The

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Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

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Hamburg Data Protection Authority, The Hamburg Data Protection Authority opens proceedings against a social media company to stop sharing user data from its subsidiary company (Facebook / WhatsApp), 13 April 2021, e-Competitions April 2021, Art. N° 105227

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