Facebook stops using data from UK WhatsApp users following ICO probe

Stuart Sumner
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Elizabeth Denham, the UK's Information Commissioner, writes that Facebook has agreed to pause using data from UK WhatsApp users for advertisements or product improvement purposes

Facebook has agreed to pause using data from UK WhatsApp users for advertisements or product improvement purposes following a probe into its sharing of its users' data from the UK's Information Com...

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