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European privacy watchdogs to jointly probe Facebook’s privacy controls

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Looks like Facebook is staring at fresh trouble in Europe, as data protection authorities there have launched a joint probe into the way the company handles privacy.

“There is concerted collective action between five European authorities, France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain,” said head of France’s CNIL privacy watchdog Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, adding that the project is being coordinated by the Netherlands. She revealed that watchdogs are also likely to look into the sharing of data between different apps such as Instagram or Whatsapp, both of which are owned by Facebook.

On its part, Facebook has said that its privacy policies are completely in line with data protection legislation. “We recently updated our terms and policies to make them more clear and concise, we’re confident the updates comply with applicable laws,” the company said.

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