Facebook banned from processing WhatsApp user data in Germany

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By Thomas MacaulayMay 11, 2021, 2:57 pm156 pts
A German data regulator has banned Facebook from processing personal data from WhatsApp users in the country, saying that the app’s controversial new privacy policy update is illegal. The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI) issued a three-month emergency ban on…

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