German watchdog bans Facebook from processing WhatsApp data
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FILE - This Friday, March 10, 2017 file photo shows the WhatsApp communications app on a smartphone, in New York. A German privacy regulator banned Facebook on Tuesday May 11, 2021, from gathering data on WhatsApp users, citing an update to its privacy policy that breaches stringent European data protection rules by allowing access to a lot more information on the chat app's users. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)
LONDON (AP) – A German privacy watchdog banned Facebook on Tuesday from gathering data on users of its WhatsApp chat app, citing an update to its privacy policy that it said breaches stringent European data protection rules.