Germany's antitrust agency imposes limit on Facebook's data gathering

German antitrust watchdog wants Facebook to obtain explicit user consent before merging data collected from WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Analytics, and social buttons with Facebook profiles. Read more: https://zd.net/2SMC2f5 FIND MORE ON SOCIAL ENTERPRISE - https://zd.net/2SMYjJH FIND MORE ON SECURITY - https://zd.net/2N21fNg FIND MORE ON GOVERNMENT - https://zd.net/2SH4EGE READ MORE ABOUT SECURITY - https://zd.net/2SQrGaH FOLLOW US - Subscribe to ZDNet on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2HzQmyf - Watch more ZDNet videos: http://zd.net/2Hzw9Zy - Follow ZDNet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZDNet - Follow ZDNet on Facebook: http://bit.ly/HTo56y - Follow ZDNet on Instagram: http://bit.ly/2FijblC - Follow ZDNet on LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/2Fmf9Z0 http://bit.ly/2SOgfDN ZDNet February 12, 2019 at 05:57PM