Amazon and WhatsApp 'falling short over privacy', says pressure group

EFF's annual Who Has Your Back report criticises world's largest retailer and biggest messaging app for not keeping up on privacy

Amazon and WhatsApp have been scolded by the privacy campaigning group the Electronic Frontier Foundation over their "disappointing" privacy practices, and told that they can and should be doing better in its yearly review.

The seventh annual Who Has Your Back privacy report analysed the policies and public actions of 26 companies, rating them out of five categories covering industry best practices, privacy policies and their dealing with governments - including two new entries of "promises not to sell out users" and "stands up to National Security Letter (NSL) gag orders".