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Facebook agreed to not share WhatsApp data with other products as part of the agreement that gave them the EU regulator's permission to take over WhatsApp. If t
by gmueckl 6y ago
Facebook agreed to not share WhatsApp data with other products as part of the agreement that gave them the EU regulator's permission to take over WhatsApp. If they shared data, it would have been a breach of that agreement.
- beagle3 6y agoThey have shared data. I believe it was even acknowledged publicly (and especially now, with the “the tos change actually reflects practices”). They’re ignoring GDPR and a variety of other laws; why would this agreement be different?
- jeltz 6y agoBecause EU anti-trust violations give way bigger fines than GDPR violations.
- berkes 6y agoWhat would happen if the regulator finds you breach a predicament for a merge or acquisition? Could, for example, Facebook be forced to sell WhatsApp (in the EU)?
- zahrc 6y agoThey will most probably get a slap on the wrist in form of a fine. List of highest fines: https://dataprivacymanager.net/5-biggest-gdpr-fines-so-far-2020/ https://dataprivacymanager.net/5-biggest-gdpr-fines-so-far-2...
- berkes 6y agoThose are data-protection fines. AFAIK, Giving OK to Facebook buying WhatsApp was mostly an Antitrust issue.
- jeltz 6y agoNo, that is the wrong list of fines. http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/editorcharts/EU-GOOGLE-ANTITRUST/0H0012Y9L1DV/index.html http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/editorcharts/EU-GOOGLE-...