The Data Protection Commissioner in the German city of Hamburg has ordered messaging service WhatsApp to stop transferring the data of its German users to Facebook, citing privacy concerns.
Germany’s leading data protection regulator for Facebook has banned the social network from using data from WhatsApp users. It follows controversy of the messaging app’s latest privacy terms which the authority believes are illegal.
The move follows emergency discussions in Hamburg after WhatsApp asked users to consent to the new terms or stop using it. WhatsApp is used by almost 60 million users in Germany. Johannes Caspar, head of the Data Protection Authority in Hamburg said: “This order seeks to secure the rights and freedoms of the many millions of users who give their consent to the terms of use throughout Germany.
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