EU Issues Data-Protection Warning to Yahoo, WhatsApp read more at here www.spinonews.com/index.php/item/1442-eu-issues-data-protection-warning-to-yahoo-whatsapp

European privacy regulators on Friday Issues Data-Protection Warning WhatsApp and Yahoo Inc.

EU warned WhatsApp Inc. to stop sharing users' data with parent company Facebook until they investigated whether the transfers comply with EU data protection law.

In a separate move, the EU panel told Yahoo! Inc. to notify all concerned users of adverse effects following the hacking of accounts in 2014 by cyber-criminals.

European Union data protection authorities said, they had serious concerns about WhatsApp's recent change in privacy policy in which it would share users' phone numbers with Facebook.

In a letter to Yahoo, the regulators outlined concerns about a 2014 data breach the company announced in September, as well as allegations that the company built a system that scanned customers’ incoming emails at the request of U.S. intelligence services.

In response to the EU privacy regulators’ move, a WhatsApp spokeswoman said, we’re working with data protection authorities to address their questions. 

The Yahoo and WhatsApp cases will be discussed by regulators in November.