Irish regulators are still waiting for Facebook to suggest plans to solve European concerns over its data sharing agreement with parent company Facebook . Irish data regulator confirms WhatsApp has still not proposed measures to settle European data sharing concerns 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 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 .