Irish regulators are still waiting for Facebook to suggest plans to solve European concerns over its data sharing agreement with parent company Facebook . Problems started almost immediately when Irish and European governments objected to the messaging app 's decision to share user data with Facebook , the European headquarters of which is in Dublin . Facebook was persuaded to suspend data sharing in both the Republic of Ireland and the UK , but the company was still fined $ 135 m by EU regulators . Irish regulators say data can not be shared unless a compromise is agreed .
Irish regulators are still waiting for WhatsApp to suggest plans to solve European concerns over its data sharing agreement with parent company Facebook. Problems started almost immediately when users and European watchdogs objected to the messaging app's decision to share user data with Facebook, the European headquarters of which is in Dublin. Facebook was persuaded to suspend data sharing in both the Republic of Ireland and the UK, but the company was still fined $135m by EU regulators. Irish regulators say data cannot be shared unless a plan is agreed.