Turkey probes Facebook’s move to collect WhatsApp data
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The Turkish Competition Board talked about on Monday it launched an investigation into WhatsApp and its proprietor Facebook Inc after the messaging app requested prospects to agree to let Facebook collect client data along with phone numbers and locations.
In a written assertion, the Competition Board talked about it dominated the data-collection requirement have to be suspended until the probe is full.
“The Competition Board has opened an investigation into Facebook and WhatsApp and suspended the requirement to share Whatsapp data,” it talked about.
WhatsApp up to date its phrases of service closing Wednesday, allowing Facebook and its subsidiaries to collect client data. The deadline for agreeing to the model new phrases is Feb. 8.
Rival messaging apps Signal and Telegram have since seen a sudden enhance in demand.
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