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FTC will 'carefully review' WhatsApp/Facebook privacy complaint

( September 29, 2016, 22:59 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: In a letter to privacy groups, Jared Ho, an official with the Federal Trade Commission's Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, said the regulator would "carefully review" allegations made by a group of privacy advocates that Facebook and its WhatsApp subsidiary had made material changes to their privacy practices without first obtaining affirmative opt-in consent from users.See letter below....

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