The CNIL said it did not have the legal basis to share user data with Facebo­okFrance’s data privacy watchdog may fine messaging app WhatsApp if it does not comply with an order to bring its sharing of user data with parent company Facebook into line with French privacy law. The French data protection authority – CNIL – said on Monday it had told WhatsApp to comply with the order within one month, and pay particular attention to obtaining users’ consent. The CNIL said WhatsApp did not have the legal basis to share user data with Facebook and had violated its obligation to cooperate with the French authority. In October, European Union privacy regulators rapped WhatsApp for not resolving their concerns over the messaging service’s sharing of user data with Facebook a year after they first issued a warning. The French regulator said that WhatsApp had not properly obtained users’ consent to begin sharing their phone numbers with Facebook for “business intelligence” purposes.

Source: The Express Tribune December 19, 2017 07:18 UTC