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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by laurentoget on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:29AM (#15961314)
Not if this data is data about persons according to french law. You need consent from those persons to use the data for any purpose beyond the original purpose you mentioned when you collected the data.

sadly this is only in the french wikipedia

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_informatique_et_libert%C3%...

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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by laurentoget on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:33AM (#15961360)
There is a european directive which addresses the same problems, though i do believe the french law is more explicit, and the french government has been enforcing it.
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by samastur on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @12:03PM (#15961623)
Correct. It is very similar in Slovenia and it is enforced.
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Re:WhatsApp told to stop sharing user data with Facebook by ... by mikeokner on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @11:44AM (#15961468)
Ah that makes sense. Thanks.
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