Whatsapp Data Sharing

Italy antitrust agency probes WhatsApp messaging service over data-sharing with Facebook

Italy's antitrust watchdog said on Friday it had opened a probe into whether messaging service WhatsApp obliged users to agree to sharing personal data with its parent company Facebook (FB.O) and imposed "unfair" conditions on users.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg clearly hasn't learnt from Free Basics fiasco

When Facebook bought WhatsApp for a whopping $19 billion, the company had 'promised' to protect the privacy of its users' personal information.

WhatsApp to include Facebook integration and include end-to-end encryption in upcoming update