Privacy watch dogs dive on social media

Privacy watch dogs dive on social media

World April 11, 2018 17:24

brussels - European privacy watchdogs will jointly develop a strategy for dealing with social media that collect and use personal data. The reason for this is the data leak at Facebook, as a result of which user data came into the hands of data analysis company Cambridge Analytica.

The working group of European data protection authorities (WP29) has decided this Wednesday in Brussels.

The Netherlands is represented therein by the Dutch Data Protection Authority. The WP29 announced that it fully supports the investigations of national watchdogs, under the direction of the British Information Commissioner's Office.

'A social media platform that is worth billions and simply says' sorry 'is not enough,' says Austrian working group chairman Andrea Jelinek.

'What we see today is very likely to be an example of a very widespread practice where personal data from social media is harvested for economic or political purposes. 'The working group says it is aware that app developers and data traders also play a role.

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