The French data protection authority CNIL is giving Facebook-owned WhatsApp one month to start complying with French privacy law when sharing user data with its parent company. The ultimatum comes after WhatsApp in August 2016 started sharing certain user information, like phone numbers and analytics data, with Facebook.



The French regulator said WhatsApp had not properly obtained users’ consent to begin sharing their phone numbers with Facebook for “business intelligence” purposes. It had repeatedly asked WhatsApp to provide a sample of French users’ data transferred to Facebook but the company had explained it could not do so as it is located in the United States and “it considers that it is only subject to the legislation of this country.”

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