WhatsApp, Snapchat Banned on Company Devices at Continental
- About 36,000 such devices would be affected by the move
- Privacy concerns have become a big headache for managers
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German auto parts maker Continental AG said it will forbid its 240,000 employees from using Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp or Snap Inc.’s Snapchat on any of its company-issued mobile devices.
About 36,000 such devices would be affected by the ban, which was provoked by privacy concerns, a Continental spokesman told Bloomberg. The services access a user’s personal and possibly confidential data, such as contacts, and thus the information of third parties that are not involved, the company said in a statement Tuesday.