The Information Commissioner's Office has claimed a victory for UK consumers after getting a public commitment from WhatsApp not to share personal data with Facebook. The messaging service has been under investigation by the ICO since August 2016, when it updated its privacy policy to enable it … Read More

In reference to the upcoming GDPR, Facebook has been prevented from making use of UK citizen's WhatsApp data. The firm planned to access subsidiary's records to give better friend suggestions and show more relevant ads. However, the UK's information commissioner said this would be a breach of … Read More

Denham had yet to conclude that WhatsApp shared user data with Facebook. If she had, though, WhatsApp would have been in breach of the Data Protection Act. Denham's investigation did not entail data that was shared from WhatsApp to Facebook on a pure support basis. The company has now … Read …

A drug dealer who touted his wares on WhatsApp has been jailed after police identified him from his fingertips in the photo. Elliot Morris, 28, was among nine people sentenced on Tuesday, March 13 for conspiracy to supply cannabis. Morris, from Redditch, England was also convicted of possessing … Read More

In his autobiography Still Grazing, Hugh Masekela describes in muted tones his return to South Africa after decades in exile. His disposition belies the climactic moment that September 1990 ought to represent. In February of that year, he watched political prisoner and president-in-waiting Nelson … Read More

Across the Atlantic, Facebook's shenanigans have landed it in some hot water. Last May, the social media giant was fined €110 million by the European Commission for misleading regulators about its technical capacities of matching WhatsApp and Facebook users. Now, an investigation by the UK's … Read More

Yesterday, however, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) ruled that only basic WhatsApp data processing provided by Facebook will be allowed to be shared between the two platforms legally. France has added to the injury by demanding that all personal data sharing but the most basic … Read More

Facebook has been prevented from making use of UK user' WhatsApp data for purposes beyond the chat app itself. The social media giant had announced in 2016 that it intended to tap into its subsidiary's records to give better friend suggestions and show targeted ads. However, the UK's information … Read …

After an injunction from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), WhatsApp has said that it will no longer share personal data with its parent company, Facebook, until the upcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules can be met. The popular mobile messaging app, which the … Read More

WhatsApp has extended the Delete for Everyone duration from 420 to 4096 seconds (68 minutes and 16 seconds.) The Facebook-owned platform WhatsApp has added the message delete feature to the beta users previously and now the feature is available to everyone. The message which already … Read More