The consumer privacy backlash stirred up by Facebook’s recent deal to purchase WhatsApp for $19 billion is now in full swing. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy jointly filed a complaint about the deal with the FTC. Following the announcement of the agreement, both companies offered reassurances that WhatsApp user data would be safe from Facebook. However, those promises may not mean anything, given Facebook’s history of privacy violations, the groups argue in their complaint.
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Privacy Groups Bring WhatsApp Worries to FTC's Door
Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 7, 2014 01:18 PMThe consumer privacy backlash stirred up by Facebook’s recent deal to purchase WhatsApp for $19 billion is now in full swing. The Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy jointly filed a complaint about the deal with the FTC. Following the announcement of the agreement, both companies offered reassurances that WhatsApp user data would be safe from Facebook. However, those promises may not mean anything, given Facebook’s history of privacy violations, the groups argue in their complaint.