Facebook use of third-party apps 'violates data protection principles'
by Philip Oltermann in Berlin and Samuel Gibbs from on (#3B584)
German watchdog accuses site of merging data from WhatsApp and Instagram into users' Facebook accounts without consent
Germany's competition authority has accused Facebook of abusing its dominant market position to improperly amass third-party data on its users.
A statement released on Tuesday criticised the world's largest social media site for collecting data via Facebook-owned services, such as WhatsApp or Instagram, and then absorbing it into users' Facebook accounts.
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