Facebook Faces German Bid to Halt WhatsApp Data Collection
- Hamburg regulator seeks ‘an immediately enforceable order’
- Regulator concerned policy changes may lead to wider data use
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One of Germany’s toughest data regulators is seeking an administrative order that would stop Facebook Inc. from collecting user data from its WhatsApp unit.
The regulator in the city of Hamburg is seeking an “immediately enforceable order” before May 15 over concerns that policy changes could lead to the use of such data for wider marketing and advertising purposes.