Germany's Federal Cartel Office is to present Facebook with a ruling in the coming weeks about its acquisition of user data via third-party apps, according to a report in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. It said the ruling, which is expected to ask for compliance by a deadline rather than immediate action, is likely to affect WhatsApp and German services, as well as the tracking of non-Facebook members. The watchdog has been investigating the social media site since 2015. A Facebook spokeswoman said the company disputed the findings.
Germany's Federal Cartel Office is to present Facebook with a ruling in the coming weeks about its acquisition of user data via third-party apps, according to a report in the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. It said the ruling, which is expected to ask for compliance by a deadline rather than immediate action, is likely to affect WhatsApp and Instagram services, as well as the tracking of non-Facebook members. The watchdog has been investigating the social media site since 2015. A Facebook spokeswoman said the company disputed the findings.