According to the latest information, South Africa’s information regulator has protested WhatsApp’s plans to share user data with Facebook due to compliance with national privacy laws.
At the starting of this year, Facebook owns App WhatsApp asked all its users to accept new terms allowing it to share more private information with its parent company Facebook for advertising and e-commerce purposes.
The proposition sparked global outrage, forcing the company to delay its plans and clarify its privacy and security terms. Widespread confusion about WhatsApp’s future plans was compounded when it announced that European Union (EU) users would not be forced to agree to share personal information with Facebook.
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The IR said it had invited Facebook to “a round-table discussion regarding the issues raised” to ensure full compliance of the new terms with South African law.
(Via)