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Italian information authority takes purpose at Whatsapp's privateness disclaimer

Facebook Inc-owned messenger WhatsApp did not obviously communicate to consumers changes to its privateness protection, probably making it difficult for other people to decide whether or not or to not drop the provider, Italy's information protection authority discussed on Thursday.
Facebook Inc-owned messenger WhatsApp did not clearly communicate to users changes to its privacy policy, potentially making it difficult for people to decide whether to drop the service, Italy's data protection authority said on Thursday.

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