Facebook-owned communication platform WhatsApp. Shutterstock Latest Big Tech Data Ban Could Herald Europe-Wide Crackdown, Lawyers Say
"The result could be explosive," a Noerr partner said, after a German commissioner bypassed the Irish data protection authority that usually oversees Facebook's activities to go straight to the EU's top authority.
May 17, 2021 at 04:00 AM
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Privacy
Hamburg's ban on Facebook from collecting user data from WhatsApp in Germany, announced last week, could set a precedent that opens up tech giants headquartered in Ireland to challenges from data protection agencies across Europe, top lawyers have said.
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