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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11612
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Jha

WhatsApp's data-sharing policy to be examined by European regulators

The ‘Article 29’ group of member states’ national data protection authorities will examine the confidentiality and data sharing policy of rapid-messaging service WhatsApp, according to reports in Nextinpact magazine on Monday 29 August.

The decision follows the announcement by the British ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) that it is going to investigate the user conditions for WhatsApp, which allows data to be shared with Facebook.

WhatsApp has announced new user conditions and...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: Commission orders Ireland to recover €13 billion in undue tax breaks from Apple
ECONOMY:  Commission reminds that Paris Stability Pact is flexible
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: Volkswagen scandal, Verheugen admits legislation not clear enough
DIGITAL: BEREC retains main thrust of net neutrality guidelines
AGRICULTURE: Parliament considers updating crisis management tools
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca and EMB welcome conclusion of crisis package
JHA: Commission says no change in migrant numbers in Mediterranean or Aegean
JHA: WhatsApp's data-sharing policy to be examined by European regulators
G20 SUMMIT
G20: Europeans highlight need to implement existing commitments
TRADE: EU to insist G20 tackles steel question at multilateral level
CLIMATE: EU's G20 priorities - Paris Agreement ratification and sustainable development
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: France demands halt to TTIP negotiations
CANADA: German organisations lodge CETA complaint with Karlsruhe court
CSDP: EUNAVFOR operation Med Sophia may begin training of coast guard and implementation of arms embargo  
TURKEY: Oettinger says Erdogan is an obstacle to Turkey's EU accession
AFGHANISTAN: Donors conference in Brussels on 5 October to support peace and cooperation framework
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU encourages peace negotiations
CULTURE
CULTURE: Commission to propose celebrating cultural heritage in 2018
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Parliament committee calls for increase in appropriations to tackle medical crises in 2017
CLIMATE: Nice Côte d'Azur Airport granted carbon-neutral certificate
SPACE: EUMETSAT launches free online course
JHA: Google wants to participate in Privacy Shield mechanism
CSDP: New head of EUBAM Libya
UNITED KINGDOM: Hollande says Brexit must be concluded by 2019
YEMEN: EU calls for peace after new attack