EFF data protection report criticises WhatsApp but praises Apple

Electric Frontier Foundation's 'Who Has Your Back' ratings give full marks to Dropbox, while messaging service is criticised for data request policies

Apple, Dropbox and Automattic are amongst the companies earning a five-star rating for their defence of user data in the latest edition of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's annual report, "Who has your back?"

The report, which assesses companies on five criteria, ranging from their support for pro-privacy public policy to their disclosure of government data demands, also gives high marks to Yahoo! and Wikimedia, the body behind the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.