(Photo : Pixabay/arivera) WhatsApp ban EU for three months
A German regulator ordered Facebook to stop processing data on its citizens via the messaging service WhatsApp.
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, or HmbBfDI, said on Tuesday, May 11, that it has issued an injunction that prevents Facebook from processing personal data from WhatsApp.
Facebook stated that it is considering to file an appeal.
Facebook s WhatsApp Gets Three-Month Ban
Mark Zuckerberg s social media giant has been looking for new ways to monetize WhatsApp, which is used by more than 60 million people in Germany alone, ever since Facebook acquired the platform for $19 billion in 2014.