Announcement: WhatsApp-Facebook data-sharing deal probed by UK privacy watchdog

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2016-08-26T13:33:52-06:00

Well that was fast. Just one day after WhatsApp revealed a sea-change in its attitude to user data, by detailing plans to share the mobile numbers and last seen status of its users with parent company Facebook for ad-targeting and marketing purposes, the UK’s data protection watchdog has fired a warning shot across Zuckerberg’s bows by announcing it intends to investigate the…