WhatsApp Gets EU Ultimatum After New Terms Spark Backlash
- EU’s Reynders seeks “concrete commitments” from WhatsApp
- Deadline follows complaints over policy changes last year
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Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp was given a month to answer European Union concerns over new terms and services that sparked outrage among consumers and privacy campaigners.
WhatsApp must provide “concrete commitments” to address EU concerns about a possible lack of “sufficiently clear information” to users, or the exchange of user data between WhatsApp and third parties, the European Commission said Thursday.