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French Authorities Threaten WhatsApp With Fines

  • Reuters, Wednesday, December 20, 2017 12:30 AM
French authorities are threatening to fine WhatsApp if it doesn’t comply with an order to bring its sharing of user data with parent company Facebook into line with French privacy law, Reuters reports. “The French data protection authority - CNIL - said on Monday it had told WhatsApp to comply with the order within one month, and pay particular attention to obtaining users’ consent.”

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