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WhatsApp probed by Italian competition watchdog over new terms of use

( October 28, 2016, 13:08 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Italian competition authority has opened two investigations into online-messaging service WhatsApp for breaching national consumer-protection rules. One concerns the question of whether the service forced users to accept new terms allowing WhatsApp to share customers’ personal information with parent company Facebook. The other probe will assess the unfairness of other clauses in WhatsApp Messenger’s new terms of use, such as liability limitations, the authority said.Full statement follows in Italian....

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